parson
\paʁ.sɔ̃\
The verdict
“parson” is uncommon French (frequency #85,999 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,999
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Part de propriété dans une mine de houille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parson · parson · French
parson · rank #85,999 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,999
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH participeraie…
Nearest frequency peer: participeraient (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “parson”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- papet
papet
14,006 corpus weight
- parapher
parapher
14,005 corpus weight
- parbleu
parbleu
14,004 corpus weight
- parson
parson
14,002 corpus weight
- participera…
participeraient
14,001 corpus weight
- partido
partido
14,000 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “parson” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parson |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \paʁ.sɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parson” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
parson is uncommon French at frequency #85,999 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \paʁ.sɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Part de propriété dans une mine de houille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for parson in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is parson, spelled P-A-R-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Part de propriété dans une mine de houille.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.