parolier
\pa.ʁɔ.lje\
The verdict
“parolier” is uncommon French (frequency #54,144 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,144
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Auteur d’un livret d’opéra ou des paroles d’une chanson.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parolier · parolier · French
parolier · rank #54,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,144
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH parcourait
Nearest frequency peer: parcourait (-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 « parolier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- paradox
paradox
45,860 corpus weight
- paraffine
paraffine
45,859 corpus weight
- parcourait
parcourait
45,858 corpus weight
- parolier
parolier
45,857 corpus weight
- parqués
parqués
45,856 corpus weight
- passing
passing
45,855 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parolier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parolier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁɔ.lje\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « parolier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
parolier is uncommon French at frequency #54,144 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ʁɔ.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for parolier, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is parolier, spelled P-A-R-O-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Auteur d’un livret d’opéra ou des paroles d’une chanson.
- 2Dispositif délivrant aux visiteurs d’un musée un enregistrement sonore.
- 3Bavard, fort en gueule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parolier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le parolier et le compositeur ont des droits d’auteur sur leur œuvre.
Hé là là, on s’entend qu’Émile Bilodeau n’est pas un grand parolier.
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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