parole

\pa.ʁɔl\

/\pa.ʁɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“parole” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,005. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,005
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faculté naturelle de parler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parole · parole · French

parole · rank #1,005 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,005
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lyon

Nearest frequency peer: Lyon (-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 « parole »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parole » 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).

parole vs pole
67% similar
parole vs proie
67% similar
parole vs parte
67% similar

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

Key facts for parole
PropertyValue
Headwordparole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁɔl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,005
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parole »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).parolese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Lyon » (#1,004), « pieds » (#1,006), « lieux » (#1,003). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parole » est au #1,005. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around parole (IPA \pa.ʁɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,005 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for parole, with forms such as "aprole", "paorle", and "parloe". 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, "pole", "proie", "parte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is parole, spelled P-A-R-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faculté naturelle de parler.
  2. 2
    Faculté naturelle de parler.
  3. 3
    Faculté naturelle de parler.
  4. 4
    Faculté naturelle de parler.
  5. 5
    Mot ou suite de mots exprimant une pensée.
  6. 6
    Mot ou suite de mots exprimant une pensée.
  7. 7
    Idée, opinion s’exprimant en une phrase ou une suite de phrases.
  8. 8
    Les écritures saintes, les sermons qui se font pour l’expliquer.
  9. 9
    Terme, expression considérées relativement à l’art de parler ou d’écrire.
  10. 10
    Mots d’un air, d’une chanson ; poème d’une cantate ; livret d’un opéra.
  11. 11
    Discours piquants, aigres ou offensants ; mots.
  12. 12
    Assurance ou promesse verbale, par laquelle on s’engage à faire certaines choses.
  13. 13
    Assurance ou promesse verbale, par laquelle on s’engage à faire certaines choses.
  14. 14
    Proposition que l’on fait de la part d’un autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. S’il faut une grande intelligence pour créer un mot, quel âge a donc la parole humaine ?
  2. Ces divers travaux mettant en rapport des linguistes, des phonéticiens et des informaticiens a permis la synthétisation de la parole qui conduit des machines à « dialoguer » entres elles sans intervention humaine.

Synonyms

communication

This word in other languages

speech(English)palabra(Español)Sprache(Deutsch)palavra(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprole
  • paorle
  • parloe
  • paroel
  • parolle
  • parrole
  • pparole
  • praole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parole - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aprole2paorle2parloe2paroel2parolle1parrole1pparole1praole2
Edit distance from "parole"

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 "parole"?
"parole" is spelled P-A-R-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁɔl\.
What does "parole" mean?
As a noun, "parole" means: Faculté naturelle de parler.
What words are commonly confused with "parole"?
"parole" is commonly confused with "pole", "proie", "parte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parole" is \pa.ʁɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parole" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

assurer8 variantsfilms8 variantsmembre8 variantsessayer8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list