parkway
\pɑːk.weɪ\
The verdict
“parkway” is uncommon French (frequency #68,533 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,533
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Promenade, route panoramique principale traversant un parc, ou en reliant plusieurs, sur laquelle les véhicules commerciaux comme les poids lourds sont interdits.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parkway |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɑːk.weɪ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parkway” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
parkway is uncommon French at frequency #68,533 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɑːk.weɪ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for parkway, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is parkway, spelled P-A-R-K-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Promenade, route panoramique principale traversant un parc, ou en reliant plusieurs, sur laquelle les véhicules commerciaux comme les poids lourds sont interdits.
- 2Autoroute ou voie rapide présentant de beaux paysages.
- 3Rue avec une bande aménagée entre les deux sens de circulation.
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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Using “parkway”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R-K-W-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɑːk.weɪ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.