parodier
\pa.ʁɔ.dje\
The verdict
“parodier” is uncommon French (frequency #63,982 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,982
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire une parodie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parodier · parodier · French
parodier · rank #63,982 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,982
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pardonnable
Nearest frequency peer: pardonnable (-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 « parodier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Paisley
Paisley
36,023 corpus weight
- panégyrique
panégyrique
36,022 corpus weight
- parasitaires
parasitaires
36,021 corpus weight
- pardonnable
pardonnable
36,020 corpus weight
- parodier
parodier
36,019 corpus weight
- patauger
patauger
36,017 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parodier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parodier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.ʁɔ.dje\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « parodier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
parodier is uncommon French at frequency #63,982 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.ʁɔ.dje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for parodier, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is parodier, spelled P-A-R-O-D-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire une parodie.
- 2Imiter, contrefaire les gestes, les manières, le langage de quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parodier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parodier une scène, un air, une tragédie, un sonnet.
Il est à remarquer que c’est dans les pays les plus catholiques que les choses saintes, les prêtres et les moines sont traités le plus légèrement : les couplets et les contes espagnols sur les religieux n’ont rien à envier, pour la licence, aux facéties de Rabelais et de Béroalde de Verville, et, à voir la manière dont sont parodiées dans les vieilles piè…
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).