Parisian
\pə.ˈɹɪʒ.ən\
The verdict
“Parisian” is uncommon French (frequency #90,010 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,010
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parisien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parisian · Parisian · French
Parisian · rank #90,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,010
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH parenchyme
Nearest frequency peer: parenchyme (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Parisian »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- paramédical…
paramédicales
9,994 corpus weight
- paraplégiqu…
paraplégiques
9,993 corpus weight
- parenchyme
parenchyme
9,992 corpus weight
- Parisian
Parisian
9,991 corpus weight
- partageraie…
partageraient
9,990 corpus weight
- paterne
paterne
9,989 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Parisian » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Parisian |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pə.ˈɹɪʒ.ən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Parisian » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Parisian is uncommon French at frequency #90,010 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pə.ˈɹɪʒ.ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parisien.".
Parisian doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Parisian, spelled P-A-R-I-S-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Parisien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Parisian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yesterday, I met a Parisian in London.
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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