parfaite

/\paʁ.fɛt\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,188

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

parfaite is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin singulier de parfait. Pronounced \paʁ.fɛt\. It ranks #2,188 in French word frequency. Often confused with parité and parlait.

Key facts for parfaite
PropertyValue
Headwordparfaite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\paʁ.fɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,188
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of parfaite in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for parfaite is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁ.fɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,188 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin singulier de parfait.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for parfaite, with forms such as "aprfaite", "pafraite", and "parafite". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "parité", "parlait", "partait", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is parfaite, spelled P-A-R-F-A-I-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de parfait.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprfaite,pafraite,parafite,parfaiet,parfaitte,parfatie,parffaite,parfiate,parrfaite,pparfaite,prafaite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for parfaite

Misspelling Variants of "parfaite"

aprfaite8pafraite8parafite8parfaiet8parfaitte9parfatie8parffaite9parfiate8
Misspelling Variants of "parfaite"

Frequency rank: #2,188 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parfaite"?
"parfaite" is spelled P-A-R-F-A-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.fɛt\.
What does "parfaite" mean?
As an adj, "parfaite" means: Féminin singulier de parfait.
What words are commonly confused with "parfaite"?
"parfaite" is commonly confused with "parité", "parlait", "partait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parfaite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parfaite" is \paʁ.fɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parfaite" come from?
"parfaite" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.