parvis

\paʁ.vi\

/\paʁ.vi\/ noun

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The verdict

“parvis” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,221
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Place devant la grande porte d’une église, d’une cathédrale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-parvis · parvis · French

parvis · rank #17,221 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,221
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parrainage

Nearest frequency peer: parrainage (-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 « parvis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parvis » 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).

parvis vs pris
67% similar
parvis vs pavés
67% similar
parvis vs pavie
67% similar

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

Key facts for parvis
PropertyValue
Headwordparvis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\paʁ.vi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,221
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parvis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).parvisse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « parrainage » (#17,220), « passeur » (#17,222), « pardonné » (#17,219). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parvis » est au #17,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around parvis (IPA \paʁ.vi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,221 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for parvis, with forms such as "aprvis", "parivs", and "parrvis". 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, "pris", "pavés", "pavie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is parvis, spelled P-A-R-V-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Place devant la grande porte d’une église, d’une cathédrale.
  2. 2
    Place ou espace dégagé devant un bâtiment public.
  3. 3
    (par plaisanterie) Seuil, entrée d'un endroit.
  4. 4
    Grandes cours qui étaient dans l’ancien temple de Jérusalem.
  5. 5
    Vestibule, enceinte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il les vit monter dans un fiacre qui les attendait devant le parvis Notre-Dame.
  2. Avant la guerre, on avait déjà commencé à construire le nouvel Hôtel-Dieu, mais les bâtiments de l’ancien hôpital attristaient encore le parvis de Notre-Dame.

This word in other languages

forecourt(English)Paradies(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprvis
  • parivs
  • parrvis
  • parviss
  • parvsi
  • parvvis
  • pavris
  • pparvis
  • pravis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parvis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aprvis2parivs2parrvis1parviss1parvsi2parvvis1pavris2pparvis1
Edit distance from "parvis"

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 "parvis"?
"parvis" is spelled P-A-R-V-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \paʁ.vi\.
What does "parvis" mean?
As a noun, "parvis" means: Place devant la grande porte d’une église, d’une cathédrale.
What words are commonly confused with "parvis"?
"parvis" is commonly confused with "pris", "pavés", "pavie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "parvis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "parvis" is \paʁ.vi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "parvis" come from?
"parvis" 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 "parvis", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list