pareille
\pa.ʁɛj\
The verdict
“pareille” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #5,795 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,795
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gens de l’état, de la naissance, du caractère de la personne dont il s’agit, ses pairs.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pareille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁɛj\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pareille” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pareille is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.ʁɛj\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,795 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pareille, with forms such as "apreille", "paerille", and "pareile". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "pareils", "pastille", "partielle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pareille, spelled P-A-R-E-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Gens de l’état, de la naissance, du caractère de la personne dont il s’agit, ses pairs.
- 2Toute personne semblable.
- 3Le même traitement qu’on a reçu de quelqu’un ou qu’on a fait subir à quelqu’un.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apreille,paerille,pareile,pareilel,parelile,parielle,parreille,ppareille,praeille
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pareille - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pareille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R-E-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.ʁɛj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pareils” - see the side-by-side comparison. pareille vs pareils
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.