parfaite

\paʁ.fɛt\

/\paʁ.fɛt\/ adj

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The verdict

“parfaite” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,188. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,188
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de parfait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parfaite · parfaite · French

parfaite · rank #2,188 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,188
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH PC

Nearest frequency peer: PC (+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 « parfaite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parfaite » 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).

parfaite vs parité
63% similar
parfaite vs parlait
75% similar
parfaite vs partait
75% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parfaite »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.parfaitese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « PC » (#2,189), « pensent » (#2,190), « monte » (#2,185). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parfaite » est au #2,188. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around parfaite (IPA \paʁ.fɛt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,188 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de parfait.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for parfaite, with forms such as "aprfaite", "pafraite", and "parafite". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "parité", "parlait", "partait", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is parfaite, spelled P-A-R-F-A-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de parfait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rosebud se cherche toujours. Elle ne sait pas exactement ce qu’elle veut, mais elle sait très bien ce qu’elle refuse : retourner à Aix et devenir la parfaite épouse d’un pinardier.
  2. Fort de son expérience d’officier du génie, il a mis au point un système qui permet de déséclisser les rails puis de les détirefonner, ce qui permet de faire dérailler les trains avec une discrétion parfaite.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprfaite
  • pafraite
  • parafite
  • parfaiet
  • parfaitte
  • parfatie
  • parffaite
  • parfiate
  • parrfaite
  • pparfaite
  • prafaite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aprfaite2pafraite2parafite2parfaiet2parfaitte1parfatie2parffaite1parfiate2
Edit distance from "parfaite"

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 "parfaite"?
"parfaite" is spelled P-A-R-F-A-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.fɛt\.
What does "parfaite" mean?
As an adjective, "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

retrouvé#2,197heureuse#2,178discuter#2,171conduite#2,169

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

pensent11 variantslégende11 variantsélément11 variantsacadémie11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list