parenthèse
\pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛz\
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
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Remarque accessoire formant un sens distinct et séparé de celui de la phrase où elle est insérée.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| 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) |
Where “parenthèse” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around parenthèse (IPA \pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,961 among 248,534 “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
- 1Remarque accessoire formant un sens distinct et séparé de celui de la phrase où elle est insérée.
- 2Signes dont on se sert dans l’écriture et dans l’imprimerie pour enfermer les mots d’une parenthèse et qui sont ainsi figurés ( ).
- 3Digression.
- 4Moment marquant le début d'une durée finie.
- 5Ce que l'on fait entre deux activités.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “parenthèse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R-E-N-T-H-È-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.ʁɑ̃.tɛz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “parenthèses” - see the side-by-side comparison. parenthèse vs parenthèses
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.