parjure

\paʁ.ʒyʁ\

/\paʁ.ʒyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“parjure” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,086
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faux serment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parjure · parjure · French

parjure · rank #36,086 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,086
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paraissant

Nearest frequency peer: paraissant (-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 « parjure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parjure » 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).

parjure vs parue
71% similar
parjure vs parure
86% similar
parjure vs pâture
57% similar

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

Key facts for parjure
PropertyValue
Headwordparjure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.ʒyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,086
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parjure »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).parjurese 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 « paraissant » (#36,085), « parrainages » (#36,087), « paraissaient » (#36,084). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parjure » est au #36,086. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around parjure (IPA \paʁ.ʒyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,086 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for parjure, with forms such as "aprjure", "pajrure", and "parjjure". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "parue", "parure", "pâture", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 parjure, spelled P-A-R-J-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faux serment.
  2. 2
    Violation de serment.
  3. 3
    Celui, celle qui fait un faux serment, qui viole son serment, qui se parjure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En signant ce traité qu’il était décidé à ne pas respecter, il a commis un parjure.
  2. « La différence, monsieur, qui existe entre moi et vous, c’est que ma noblesse est fondée sur le serment, tandis que la vôtre est fondée sur le parjure. »

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprjure
  • pajrure
  • parjjure
  • parjrue
  • parjuer
  • parjurre
  • parrjure
  • parujre
  • pparjure
  • prajure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parjure - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aprjure2pajrure2parjjure1parjrue2parjuer2parjurre1parrjure1parujre2
Edit distance from "parjure"

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 "parjure"?
"parjure" is spelled P-A-R-J-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.ʒyʁ\.
What does "parjure" mean?
As a noun, "parjure" means: Faux serment.
What words are commonly confused with "parjure"?
"parjure" is commonly confused with "parue", "parure", "pâture". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parjure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parjure" is \paʁ.ʒyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parjure" come from?
"parjure" 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 "parjure", 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