Parménide
\paʁ.me.nid\
The verdict
“Parménide” is uncommon French (frequency #76,873 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,873
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Philosophe grec présocratique originaire d’Élée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parmenide · Parménide · French
Parménide · rank #76,873 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,873
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pardonnerez
Nearest frequency peer: pardonnerez (-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 « Parménide »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- paranormale
paranormale
23,130 corpus weight
- pardonnerez
pardonnerez
23,129 corpus weight
- Parménide
Parménide
23,128 corpus weight
- paroissien
paroissien
23,127 corpus weight
- parrainés
parrainés
23,126 corpus weight
- pata
pata
23,125 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Parménide » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Parménide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \paʁ.me.nid\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Parménide » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Parménide is uncommon French at frequency #76,873 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \paʁ.me.nid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Philosophe grec présocratique originaire d’Élée.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Parménide, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Parménide, spelled P-A-R-M-É-N-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Philosophe grec présocratique originaire d’Élée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Parménide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, dupé par la langue grecque, qui, grâce à l’article, permet de transformer des verbes en substantifs, il n’échappe à l’aporie de Parménide « L’Être est, le non-être n’est pas, on ne sortira pas de cette pensée » que par cinq théories.
La tâche de Jean Bollack a consisté d’abord, comme il le dit lui-même, à “désheideggerianiser” Parménide, en le déprenant d’une interprétation jugée violente.
This word in other languages
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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