Which to use
“parade” and “parades” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,900
- “parade” frequency rank
- #29,469
- “parades” frequency rank
- 38369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parade | parades |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Montre, étalage de quelque chose. | Pluriel de parade. |
Same sound, different letters: parade vs parades
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. parade runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against parades's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - parade / parades
This is the hard kind. parade and parades are pronounced identically (\pa.ʁad\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “parade” sits inside “parades”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parade is recorded at frequency rank #8,900, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁad\. parades is at rank #29,469, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁad\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 38369, this pair ranks #255,734 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parade vs parades
Shared letters: adepr. Private to "parade": -. Private to "parades": s.
"parade" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "parades" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "parade" and "parades" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "parade" or "parades" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "parade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parades" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #255,734 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parade" and "parades" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "palaces vs parades". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #255,734 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.