parémie

\pa.ʁe.mi\

/\pa.ʁe.mi\/ noun

The verdict

“parémie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Énoncé autonome, stable, bref et généralement didactique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paremie · parémie · French

parémie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for parémie
PropertyValue
Headwordparémie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁe.mi\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « parémie » en français

parémien'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

parémie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ʁe.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Énoncé autonome, stable, bref et généralement didactique.".

No misspelling variants are generated for parémie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is parémie, spelled P-A-R-É-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Énoncé autonome, stable, bref et généralement didactique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pas un mot qu’il ne prononçât, pas un geste qu’il n’accomplît, sans qu’il fût dicté, ce mot, décidé, ce geste, par quelque parémie¹. 1. Les personnes ignoreuses du sens du mot parémie, n’ont qu’à se procurer un bon dictionnaire et chercher à la lettre P.
  2. Le proverbe est une parémie qui se caractérise par une thématique générique, un sens idiomatique, une structure généralement binaire, des éléments mnémotechniques, une portée universelle, une morphosyntaxe parfois archaïque : Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse / Âne d'Arcadie, chargé d'or, mange chardon et orties.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parémie"?
"parémie" is spelled P-A-R-É-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁe.mi\.
What does "parémie" mean?
As a noun, "parémie" means: Énoncé autonome, stable, bref et généralement didactique.
How do you pronounce "parémie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parémie" is \pa.ʁe.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parémie" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list