Parkes
\paʁkəs\
The verdict
“Parkes” is uncommon French (frequency #87,005 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,005
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Génitif singulier de Park.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parkes · Parkes · French
Parkes · rank #87,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,005
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH parcage
Nearest frequency peer: parcage (-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 « Parkes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- parallel
parallel
12,999 corpus weight
- parapets
parapets
12,998 corpus weight
- parcage
parcage
12,997 corpus weight
- Parkes
Parkes
12,996 corpus weight
- Partouche
Partouche
12,995 corpus weight
- pataquès
pataquès
12,993 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Parkes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Parkes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \paʁkəs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Parkes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Parkes is uncommon French at frequency #87,005 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \paʁkəs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Génitif singulier de Park.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Parkes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Parkes, spelled P-A-R-K-E-S.
Definition
- 1Génitif singulier de Park.
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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