parure

\pa.ʁyʁ\

/\pa.ʁyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“parure” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,107
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornement, ajustement, ce qui sert à parer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parure · parure · French

parure · rank #21,107 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,107
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pancartes

Nearest frequency peer: pancartes (-2 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 « parure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parure » 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).

parure vs pure
67% similar
parure vs pause
67% similar
parure vs paume
67% similar

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

Key facts for parure
PropertyValue
Headwordparure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁyʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,107
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parure »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.parurese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pancartes » (#21,105), « perroquet » (#21,109), « palm » (#21,104). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parure » est au #21,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around parure (IPA \pa.ʁyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,107 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for parure, with forms such as "aprure", "parrure", and "paruer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pure", "pause", "paume", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is parure, spelled P-A-R-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ornement, ajustement, ce qui sert à parer.
  2. 2
    Ornementation corporelle visible destinée à embellir, à personnifier un individu. Elle se concrétise par des bijoux, des peintures et tatouages corporels, des vêtements ou des coiffures.
  3. 3
    Garniture de pierres précieuses, destinée à servir de parure.
  4. 4
    Action de parer, de préparer.
  5. 5
    L’action d’ôter de la corne du pied d’un cheval avant de le ferrer, ou d’un bovin, pour le soigner.
  6. 6
    L’action par laquelle le relieur détache avec le couteau ce qui ne doit pas servir à couvrir un livre.
  7. 7
    Rognures.
  8. 8
    Raclure, ratissure de peau d'agneau blanchi, utilisé pour préparer une qualité particulière de colle de peau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On s’accorde généralement à citer les caprices des modes, qui régentent les ajustements et les parures, comme les manifestations les plus caractéristiques organisées contre le bon sens.
  2. Peu après, sa mère vint la retrouver dans la chambre où elle enlevait lentement ses parures devant le miroir.

This word in other languages

adornment(English)alhaja(Español)Verzierung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprure
  • parrure
  • paruer
  • parurre
  • paurre
  • pparure
  • praure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parure - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aprure2parrure1paruer2parurre1paurre2pparure1praure2
Edit distance from "parure"

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 "parure"?
"parure" is spelled P-A-R-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁyʁ\.
What does "parure" mean?
As a noun, "parure" means: Ornement, ajustement, ce qui sert à parer.
What words are commonly confused with "parure"?
"parure" is commonly confused with "pure", "pause", "paume". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parure" is \pa.ʁyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parure" come from?
"parure" 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 "parure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list