paresser
\pa.ʁe.se\
The verdict
“paresser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire le paresseux ; se laisser aller à la paresse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paresser · paresser · French
paresser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paresser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.ʁe.se\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « paresser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
paresser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.ʁe.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire le paresseux ; se laisser aller à la paresse.".
paresser has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is paresser, spelled P-A-R-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire le paresseux ; se laisser aller à la paresse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paresser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le samedi, les Fourqueusiens paressent jusqu'en milieu d'après-midi. Ils ne réapparaîtront pas avant 16 h 30. Camille sera déjà rentrée.
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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.