parisis

\pa.ʁi.zi\

/\pa.ʁi.zi\/ adj

The verdict

“parisis” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,777. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,777
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifiait la monnaie qui se frappait à Paris et qui était plus forte d’un quart que celle qui se frappait à Tours.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parisis · parisis · French

parisis · rank #45,777 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,777
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paladin

Nearest frequency peer: paladin (-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 « parisis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parisis » 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).

parisis vs partis
71% similar
parisis vs parois
71% similar
parisis vs parvis
71% similar

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

Key facts for parisis
PropertyValue
Headwordparisis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.ʁi.zi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,777
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parisis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).parisisse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « paladin » (#45,776), « Pattinson » (#45,778), « P2P » (#45,775). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parisis » est au #45,777. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around parisis (IPA \pa.ʁi.zi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,777 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qualifiait la monnaie qui se frappait à Paris et qui était plus forte d’un quart que celle qui se frappait à Tours.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for parisis, with forms such as "aprisis", "pairsis", and "pariiss". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "partis", "parois", "parvis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is parisis, spelled P-A-R-I-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifiait la monnaie qui se frappait à Paris et qui était plus forte d’un quart que celle qui se frappait à Tours.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eh bien, le fisc vient de le louer à Guillaume Alixandre, historieur, pour six livres huit sols parisis par an.
  2. Les pâtissiers obtiennent de la sorte en 1606 un arrêt du Parlement interdisant à Hélène Baltazard, fille de pâtissier mais mariée, de « faire et débiter des saucisses appelées godiveaux à peine de confiscation desdites marchandises et de vingt livres parisis d'amende».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprisis
  • pairsis
  • pariiss
  • parisiss
  • parissi
  • parissis
  • parrisis
  • parsiis
  • pparisis
  • praisis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aprisis2pairsis2pariiss2parisiss1parissi2parissis1parrisis1parsiis2
Edit distance from "parisis"

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 "parisis"?
"parisis" is spelled P-A-R-I-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁi.zi\.
What does "parisis" mean?
As an adjective, "parisis" means: Qualifiait la monnaie qui se frappait à Paris et qui était plus forte d’un quart que celle qui se frappait à Tours.
What words are commonly confused with "parisis"?
"parisis" is commonly confused with "partis", "parois", "parvis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parisis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parisis" is \pa.ʁi.zi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parisis" come from?
"parisis" 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 "parisis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list