parenchyme

\pa.ʁɑ̃.ʃim\

/\pa.ʁɑ̃.ʃim\/ noun

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The verdict

“parenchyme” is uncommon French (frequency #90,009 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,009
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tissu végétal constitué de cellules vivantes peu spécialisées, jouant un rôle de remplissage, de photosynthèse, de stockage ou de cicatrisation, présent dans tous les organes des plantes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parenchyme · parenchyme · French

parenchyme · rank #90,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,009
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paraplégiques

Nearest frequency peer: paraplégiques (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « parenchyme »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parenchyme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for parenchyme
PropertyValue
Headwordparenchyme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁɑ̃.ʃim\
Letters10
Frequency rank#90,009
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « parenchyme » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.parenchymetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « paraplégiques » (#90,008), « Parisian » (#90,010), « paramédicales » (#90,007). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parenchyme » est au #90,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

parenchyme is uncommon French at frequency #90,009 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ʁɑ̃.ʃim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for parenchyme, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is parenchyme, spelled P-A-R-E-N-C-H-Y-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tissu végétal constitué de cellules vivantes peu spécialisées, jouant un rôle de remplissage, de photosynthèse, de stockage ou de cicatrisation, présent dans tous les organes des plantes.
  2. 2
    Tissu spongieux constitutif de certains viscères, tels que le foie, le rein, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une chenille qui prélève une tranche de parenchyme dans une feuille de cerisier est-elle malhonnête ?
  2. Il disséquait les plantes avec la même adresse que les animaux, et, dégageant entièrement leurs vaisseaux de la pulpe ou parenchyme, il montrait à découvert ce qui faisait leur vie.

This word in other languages

parenchyma(English)parénquima(Español)

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 "parenchyme"?
"parenchyme" is spelled P-A-R-E-N-C-H-Y-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁɑ̃.ʃim\.
What does "parenchyme" mean?
As a noun, "parenchyme" means: Tissu végétal constitué de cellules vivantes peu spécialisées, jouant un rôle de remplissage, de photosynthèse, de stockage ou de cicatrisation, présent dans tous les organes des plantes.
How do you pronounce "parenchyme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parenchyme" is \pa.ʁɑ̃.ʃim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parenchyme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list