parsèment
\paʁ.sɛm\
The verdict
“parsèment” is uncommon French (frequency #51,026 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,026
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de parsemer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parsement · parsèment · French
parsèment · rank #51,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,026
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH parfumés
Nearest frequency peer: parfumés (-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 « parsèment »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- parcourues
parcourues
48,978 corpus weight
- pardessus
pardessus
48,977 corpus weight
- parfumés
parfumés
48,976 corpus weight
- parsèment
parsèment
48,975 corpus weight
- parterres
parterres
48,974 corpus weight
- partirons
partirons
48,973 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parsèment » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parsèment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \paʁ.sɛm\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « parsèment » en français
Rare enough to double-check
parsèment is uncommon French at frequency #51,026 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \paʁ.sɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for parsèment, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is parsèment, spelled P-A-R-S-È-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de parsemer.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de parsemer.
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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