parterres

\paʁ.tɛʁ\

/\paʁ.tɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“parterres” is uncommon French (frequency #51,027 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,027
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de parterre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parterres · parterres · French

parterres · rank #51,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,027
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parsèment

Nearest frequency peer: parsèment (-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 « parterres »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parterres » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for parterres
PropertyValue
Headwordparterres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.tɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,027
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « parterres » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.parterrestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « parsèment » (#51,026), « partirons » (#51,028), « parfumés » (#51,025). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parterres » est au #51,027. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

parterres is uncommon French at frequency #51,027 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \paʁ.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de parterre.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for parterres in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is parterres, spelled P-A-R-T-E-R-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de parterre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. J’ai lancé l’idée des parterres à l’entrée du village, mais les parterres, c’est trop cher.

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 "parterres"?
"parterres" is spelled P-A-R-T-E-R-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.tɛʁ\.
What does "parterres" mean?
As a noun, "parterres" means: Pluriel de parterre.
How do you pronounce "parterres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parterres" is \paʁ.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parterres" come from?
"parterres" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parterres", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parsèment#51,026partirons#51,028pardessus#51,024pendantes#51,031

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list