pare-soleil
\paʁ.sɔ.lɛj\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pare-soleil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \paʁ.sɔ.lɛj\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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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
- 1Écran orientable disposé au dessus du pare-brise d'un véhicule afin de protéger le conducteur de la lumière directe du soleil.
- 2Écran mobile ou fixe, intérieur ou extérieur limitant les apports lumineux ou thermiques du soleil.
- 3Pièce amovible et opaque qui protège l’objectif des rayons du soleil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pare-soleil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il abattit son pare-soleil et se regarda dans le miroir de courtoisie.
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.