pare-brise
\paʁ.bʁiz\
The verdict
“pare-brise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Paroi transparente à l’avant d’un véhicule permettant la visibilité tout en assurant la protection du conducteur et des passagers des inconvénients dus au déplacement d’air, des projections et des ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pare-brise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \paʁ.bʁiz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pare-brise” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pare-brise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \paʁ.bʁiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Paroi transparente à l’avant d’un véhicule permettant la visibilité tout en assurant la protection du conducteur et des passagers des inconvénients dus au déplacement d’air, des projections et des ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pare-brise in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pare-brise, spelled P-A-R-E---B-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Paroi transparente à l’avant d’un véhicule permettant la visibilité tout en assurant la protection du conducteur et des passagers des inconvénients dus au déplacement d’air, des projections et des poussières, notamment à grande vitesse.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pare-brise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R-E---B-R-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \paʁ.bʁiz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.