parme

/\paʁm\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,694

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

parme is aFrenchnoun. It means: Bouclier circulaire de trois pieds de diamètre, employé par les vélites, chez les Romains. Pronounced \paʁm\. Often confused with pré and PME.

Key facts for parme
PropertyValue
Headwordparme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,694
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of parme in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for parme is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁm\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,694 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bouclier circulaire de trois pieds de diamètre, employé par les vélites, chez les Romains.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for parme, with forms such as "aprme", "pamre", and "parem". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pré", "PME", "part", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is parme, spelled P-A-R-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bouclier circulaire de trois pieds de diamètre, employé par les vélites, chez les Romains.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprme,pamre,parem,parmme,parrme,pparme,prame

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for parme

Misspelling Variants of "parme"

aprme5pamre5parem5parmme6parrme6pparme6prame5
Misspelling Variants of "parme"

Frequency rank: #16,694 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parme"?
"parme" is spelled P-A-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁm\.
What does "parme" mean?
As a noun, "parme" means: Bouclier circulaire de trois pieds de diamètre, employé par les vélites, chez les Romains.
What words are commonly confused with "parme"?
"parme" is commonly confused with "pré", "PME", "part". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parme" is \paʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parme" come from?
"parme" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.