pareils

\pa.ʁɛj\

/\pa.ʁɛj\/ adj

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The verdict

“pareils” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,045. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,045
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de pareil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pareils · pareils · French

pareils · rank #10,045 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,045
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parallèles

Nearest frequency peer: parallèles (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pareils »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pareils » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pareils vs Paris
57% similar
pareils vs parés
57% similar
pareils vs partis
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pareils
PropertyValue
Headwordpareils
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.ʁɛj\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,045
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pareils »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pareilsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « parallèles » (#10,044), « partition » (#10,046), « paisible » (#10,043). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pareils » est au #10,045. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around pareils (IPA \pa.ʁɛj\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,045 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de pareil.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pareils, with forms such as "apreils", "paerils", and "pareills". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Paris", "parés", "partis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pareils, spelled P-A-R-E-I-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de pareil.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les jours de la nouvelle épouse se mirent à couler, uniformes, pareils aux humbles flots ternis qui se succèdent et se confondent dans le lit morne du canal. *

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apreils
  • paerils
  • pareills
  • pareilss
  • pareisl
  • parelis
  • pariels
  • parreils
  • ppareils
  • praeils

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pareils - 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.

apreils2paerils2pareills1pareilss1pareisl2parelis2pariels2parreils1
Edit distance from "pareils"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pareils"?
"pareils" is spelled P-A-R-E-I-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁɛj\.
What does "pareils" mean?
As an adjective, "pareils" means: Masculin pluriel de pareil.
What words are commonly confused with "pareils"?
"pareils" is commonly confused with "Paris", "parés", "partis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pareils"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pareils" is \pa.ʁɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pareils" come from?
"pareils" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pareils", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

oignons#10,039putains#10,056mortels#10,033menteur#10,030

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

repasser10 variantsmaintes10 variantsLegault10 variantssacrés10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list