parrain
\pa.ʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“parrain” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,283. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,283
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui, avec la marraine, présente un enfant (le filleul) aux fonts baptismaux (père spirituel d’un enfant) ou assiste l’enfant de manière analogue dans une cérémonie civile ou d’une autre relig...
Corpus desk
Index FR-parrain · parrain · French
parrain · rank #8,283 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,283
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH paires
Nearest frequency peer: paires (-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 « parrain »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ouvrière
ouvrière
91,721 corpus weight
- paires
paires
91,719 corpus weight
- parrain
parrain
91,718 corpus weight
- pau
pau
91,717 corpus weight
- perles
perles
91,716 corpus weight
- piquer
piquer
91,715 corpus weight
What this shows « parrain » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parrain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parrain »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around parrain (IPA \pa.ʁɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,283 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for parrain, with forms such as "aprrain", "parain", and "pararin". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "perrin", "partait", "partais", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is parrain, spelled P-A-R-R-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Celui qui, avec la marraine, présente un enfant (le filleul) aux fonts baptismaux (père spirituel d’un enfant) ou assiste l’enfant de manière analogue dans une cérémonie civile ou d’une autre religion ou conviction.
- 2Fils de la marraine.
- 3Toute personne qui présente quelqu’un, qui se porte garant de quelqu’un dans un cercle, dans une société savante.
- 4Celui qui est choisi pour assister à la cérémonie de la bénédiction d’une cloche, d’un navire, et pour lui donner un nom.
- 5Autrefois, dans les combats singuliers, celui que chaque combattant choisissait pour l’accompagner, pour empêcher la surprise et pour lui servir de témoin.
- 6Celui qui est le promoteur d’une idée, d’une théorie, d’une entreprise.
- 7Chef d’une organisation mafieuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parrain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est le parrain de mon fils.
Le parrain et la marraine s’engagent à soutenir l’enfant en toute circonstance et à respecter sa liberté individuelle dans ses choix futurs.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprrain
- parain
- pararin
- parrainn
- parrani
- parrian
- pparrain
- prarain
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parrain - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).