pare-soleil

\paʁ.sɔ.lɛj\

/\paʁ.sɔ.lɛj\/ noun

The verdict

“pare-soleil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écran orientable disposé au dessus du pare-brise d'un véhicule afin de protéger le conducteur de la lumière directe du soleil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pare-soleil · pare-soleil · French

pare-soleil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for pare-soleil
PropertyValue
Headwordpare-soleil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.sɔ.lɛj\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pare-soleil » en français

pare-soleilreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pare-soleil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \paʁ.sɔ.lɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for pare-soleil in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pare-soleil, spelled P-A-R-E---S-O-L-E-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écran orientable disposé au dessus du pare-brise d'un véhicule afin de protéger le conducteur de la lumière directe du soleil.
  2. 2
    Écran mobile ou fixe, intérieur ou extérieur limitant les apports lumineux ou thermiques du soleil.
  3. 3
    Pièce amovible et opaque qui protège l’objectif des rayons du soleil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pare-soleil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il abattit son pare-soleil et se regarda dans le miroir de courtoisie.
  2. Si en vacances vous faites rimer repos avec une pointe de boulot, le pare-soleil Belveo vous évitera d’avoir le soleil en plein dans le rideau.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pare-soleil"?
"pare-soleil" is spelled P-A-R-E---S-O-L-E-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.sɔ.lɛj\.
What does "pare-soleil" mean?
As a noun, "pare-soleil" means: Écran orientable disposé au dessus du pare-brise d'un véhicule afin de protéger le conducteur de la lumière directe du soleil.
How do you pronounce "pare-soleil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pare-soleil" is \paʁ.sɔ.lɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pare-soleil" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list