paréidolie
French, noun/pa.ʁe.i.dɔ.li/
paréidolie is spelled P-A-R-É-I-D-O-L-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 155,929th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paréidolie is a French feminine noun meaning “pareidolia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Type d’illusion qui fait qu’un stimulus vague ou ambigu est perçu comme clair et distinct par un individu.…”.
What does paréidolie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepareidolia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Type d’illusion qui fait qu’un stimulus vague ou ambigu est perçu comme clair et distinct par un individu. Autrement dit, tendance instinctive à trouver des formes familières dans des images désordonnées (dans les nuages, les constellations…).
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de paréidolie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of paréidolie
- paréidolies plural
- pareidolie
- pareidolies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paréidolie?
- /pa.ʁe.i.dɔ.li/
- \pa.ʁe.i.dɔ.li\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paréidolie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paréidolie in French?
paréidolie appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).