parenthèse

Name: parenthèse, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛz\

/\pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛz\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“parenthèse” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,961. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,961
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remarque accessoire formant un sens distinct et séparé de celui de la phrase où elle est insérée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parenthese · parenthèse · French

parenthèse · rank #16,961 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #16,961
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH paf

Nearest frequency peer: paf (-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.

odyssée

83,043
offrira

83,042
paf

83,041
parenthèse

83,040
paternel

83,039
pathologies

83,038

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

parenthèse vs parenthèses

91% similar

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

Key facts for parenthèse
Property	Value
Headword	parenthèse
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛz\
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#16,961
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parenthèse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).parenthèsese place ici:

#16,961

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « paf » (#16,960), « paternel » (#16,962), « offrira » (#16,959). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parenthèse » est au #16,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around parenthèse (IPA \pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,961 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for parenthèse, with forms such as "aprenthèse", "paernthèse", and "parenhtèse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "parenthèses", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is parenthèse, spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-H-È-S-E.

Definition

1
Remarque accessoire formant un sens distinct et séparé de celui de la phrase où elle est insérée.
2
Signes dont on se sert dans l’écriture et dans l’imprimerie pour enfermer les mots d’une parenthèse et qui sont ainsi figurés ( ).
3
Digression.
4
Moment marquant le début d'une durée finie.
5
Ce que l'on fait entre deux activités.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Longue parenthèse.
Ne faites point de parenthèse.

Synonyms

à-côté incise

This word in other languages

parenthesis(English)grapa(Español)Klammer(Deutsch)parêntese(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aprenthèse
paernthèse
parenhtèse
parennthèse
parenthese
parenthhèse
parenthsèe
parenthèes
parenthèsse
parentthèse
parentèhse
paretnhèse
parnethèse
parrenthèse
pparenthèse
praenthèse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parenthèse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "parenthèse"

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 "parenthèse"?

"parenthèse" is spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-H-È-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛz\.

What does "parenthèse" mean?

As a noun, "parenthèse" means: Remarque accessoire formant un sens distinct et séparé de celui de la phrase où elle est insérée.

What words are commonly confused with "parenthèse"?

"parenthèse" is commonly confused with "parenthèses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "parenthèse"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parenthèse" is \pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "parenthèse" come from?

"parenthèse" 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 "parenthèse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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