paresse

\pa.ʁɛs\

/\pa.ʁɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“paresse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,622
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tendance à éviter toute activité, à refuser tout effort consenti par les autres lambdas, disposition habituelle à ne pas travailler, nonchalance, négligence des choses qui sont de devoir, d’obligat...

Corpus desk

Index FR-paresse · paresse · French

paresse · rank #19,622 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,622
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Paraguay

Nearest frequency peer: Paraguay (-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 « paresse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paresse » 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).

paresse vs passé
57% similar
paresse vs press
71% similar
paresse vs pressé
71% similar

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

Key facts for paresse
PropertyValue
Headwordparesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁɛs\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,622
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paresse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).paressese 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 « Paraguay » (#19,621), « partageait » (#19,623), « pansement » (#19,620). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paresse » est au #19,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around paresse (IPA \pa.ʁɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,622 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for paresse, with forms such as "apresse", "paersse", and "parese". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "passé", "press", "pressé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is paresse, spelled P-A-R-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tendance à éviter toute activité, à refuser tout effort consenti par les autres lambdas, disposition habituelle à ne pas travailler, nonchalance, négligence des choses qui sont de devoir, d’obligation.
  2. 2
    Tendance à éviter toute activité, à refuser tout effort consenti par les autres lambdas, disposition habituelle à ne pas travailler, nonchalance, négligence des choses qui sont de devoir, d’obligation.
  3. 3
    Tendance à éviter toute activité, à refuser tout effort consenti par les autres lambdas, disposition habituelle à ne pas travailler, nonchalance, négligence des choses qui sont de devoir, d’obligation.
  4. 4
    Fonctionnement ralenti d’un organe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On souhaite la paresse d'un méchant et le silence d'un sot.
  2. Une peste de psychologue, que mes parents m'avaient emmené voir sur le conseil d'une prof complètement tarée, avait parlé de « nonchaloir oriental » pour expliquer ces accès de paresse.

Synonyms

cossardisefainéantise

Antonyms

diligence

This word in other languages

laziness(English)pereza(Español)Faulheit(Deutsch)preguiça(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apresse
  • paersse
  • parese
  • pareses
  • parresse
  • parsese
  • pparesse
  • praesse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apresse2paersse2parese1pareses2parresse1parsese2pparesse1praesse2
Edit distance from "paresse"

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 "paresse"?
"paresse" is spelled P-A-R-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁɛs\.
What does "paresse" mean?
As a noun, "paresse" means: Tendance à éviter toute activité, à refuser tout effort consenti par les autres lambdas, disposition habituelle à ne pas travailler, nonchalance, négligence des choses qui sont de devoir, d’obligat...
What words are commonly confused with "paresse"?
"paresse" is commonly confused with "passé", "press", "pressé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paresse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paresse" is \pa.ʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paresse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

opèrent#19,616occulte#19,614natures#19,609prélevé#19,635

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

piégée8 variantsnovice8 variantsneveux8 variantsration8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list