parois

\pa.ʁwa\

/\pa.ʁwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“parois” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,212. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,212
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de paroi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parois · parois · French

parois · rank #12,212 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,212
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parasite

Nearest frequency peer: parasite (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « parois »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « parois » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

parois vs pris
67% similar
parois vs pars
67% similar
parois vs pois
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for parois
PropertyValue
Headwordparois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁwa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,212
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parois »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.paroisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « parasite » (#12,211), « patate » (#12,213), « pantalons » (#12,210). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parois » est au #12,212. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around parois (IPA \pa.ʁwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,212 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de paroi.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for parois, with forms such as "aprois", "paoris", and "parios". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pris", "pars", "pois", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is parois, spelled P-A-R-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de paroi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how parois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En chômage, on refouille le talus, en suivant le « renard », sur une profondeur d’au moins 1 mètre et on refait la partie ainsi déblayée avec de la terre à corroi bien pilonnée et bien reliée aux parois de la fouille.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprois
  • paoris
  • parios
  • paroiss
  • parosi
  • parrois
  • pparois
  • praois

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parois - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aprois2paoris2parios2paroiss1parosi2parrois1pparois1praois2
Edit distance from "parois"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parois"?
"parois" is spelled P-A-R-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁwa\.
What does "parois" mean?
As a noun, "parois" means: Pluriel de paroi.
What words are commonly confused with "parois"?
"parois" is commonly confused with "pris", "pars", "pois". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parois" is \pa.ʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parois" come from?
"parois" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parois", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

patate#12,213perçue#12,214plaise#12,217Mozart#12,200

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

porcs8 variantsrivaux8 variantsinduit8 variantsrétro8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list