pars

\paʁ\

/\paʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“pars” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,278. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,278
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe partir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pars · pars · French

pars · rank #3,278 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,278
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH mécanique

Nearest frequency peer: mécanique (-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 « pars »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pars » 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).

pars vs PS
0% similar
pars vs Pr
25% similar
pars vs pas
75% similar

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

Key facts for pars
PropertyValue
Headwordpars
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\paʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,278
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pars »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mécanique » (#3,277), « participants » (#3,279), « maîtrise » (#3,276). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pars » est au #3,278. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around pars (IPA \paʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,278 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pars, with forms such as "aprs", "parrs", and "parss". 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, "PS", "Pr", "pas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pars, spelled P-A-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe partir.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe partir.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe partir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je pars du principe que c’est un rôle que je leur demande.
  2. Gast, avec la boucaille il y a intérêt à dropper. Tu pars de la boulangerie avec du pain, et tu arrives ici avec de la soupe !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprs
  • parrs
  • parss
  • pasr
  • ppars
  • pras

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pars - 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.

aprs2parrs1parss1pasr2ppars1pras2
Edit distance from "pars"

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 "pars"?
"pars" is spelled P-A-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ\.
What does "pars" mean?
As a verb, "pars" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe partir.
What words are commonly confused with "pars"?
"pars" is commonly confused with "PS", "Pr", "pas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pars"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pars" is \paʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pars" come from?
"pars" 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 "pars", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

paru#3,280pute#3,284vues#3,304Alex#3,313

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

toile6 variantsenvoi6 variantscopie6 variantscons6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list