parti pris
\paʁ.ti pʁi\
The verdict
“parti pris” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Choix partial ou partisan, action de prendre parti pour ou contre quelque chose ou quelqu’un ; le résultat de cette action.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parti pris |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \paʁ.ti pʁi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “parti pris” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for parti pris is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁ.ti pʁi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Choix partial ou partisan, action de prendre parti pour ou contre quelque chose ou quelqu’un ; le résultat de cette action.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for parti pris, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is parti pris, spelled P-A-R-T-I- -P-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1Choix partial ou partisan, action de prendre parti pour ou contre quelque chose ou quelqu’un ; le résultat de cette action.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “parti pris”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R-T-I- -P-R-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.