pareille
French, adjective/pa.ʁɛj/
pareille is spelled P-A-R-E-I-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,743rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pareille is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of pareil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pareille mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of pareil
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gens de l’état, de la naissance, du caractère de la personne dont il s’agit, ses pairs. 2. Toute personne semblable. 3. Le même traitement qu’on a reçu de quelqu’un ou qu’on a fait subir à quelqu’un.
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 pareille
- pareilles plural
- pareil masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pareille?
- /pa.ʁɛj/
- \pa.ʁɛj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pareille in French?
pareille appears 12 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).