parus

\pa.ʁy\

/\pa.ʁy\/ verb

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The verdict

“parus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,505
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin pluriel de paraître.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parus · parus · French

parus · rank #17,505 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,505
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parkings

Nearest frequency peer: parkings (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « parus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parus » 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).

parus vs pas
60% similar
parus vs pau
60% similar
parus vs pus
60% similar

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

Key facts for parus
PropertyValue
Headwordparus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pa.ʁy\
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,505
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parus »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « parkings » (#17,504), « passible » (#17,506), « paiera » (#17,503). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parus » est au #17,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around parus (IPA \pa.ʁy\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,505 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for parus, with forms such as "aprus", "parrus", and "parsu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pas", "pau", "pus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is parus, spelled P-A-R-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin pluriel de paraître.
  2. 2
    Première personne du singulier du passé simple de paraître.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de paraître.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En ce cas, cela veut dire que l’erreur béhachélienne était largement partagée, y compris dans les médias, où de nombreux articles étaient déjà parus avant qu’Aude Lancelin ne la signale (ça en fait au moins une qui lit).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprus
  • parrus
  • parsu
  • paruss
  • paurs
  • pparus
  • praus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parus - 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.

aprus2parrus1parsu2paruss1paurs2pparus1praus2
Edit distance from "parus"

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 "parus"?
"parus" is spelled P-A-R-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁy\.
What does "parus" mean?
As a verb, "parus" means: Participe passé masculin pluriel de paraître.
What words are commonly confused with "parus"?
"parus" is commonly confused with "pas", "pau", "pus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parus" is \pa.ʁy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parus" come from?
"parus" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Motte#17,486quest#17,534quota#17,535longe#17,469

Similar misspelling depth

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

paiera7 variantsosseuse7 variantsMüller7 variantsLaurie7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list