Which to use
“parc” and “parcs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,144
- “parc” frequency rank
- #5,375
- “parcs” frequency rank
- 6519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parc | parcs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grande étendue de terrain, entièrement clos, comprenant des bois, des prairies et parfois des pièces d’eau, et entretenu pour l’agrément. | Pluriel de parc. |
Same sound, different letters: parc vs parcs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. parc runs 4 letters (CVCC) against parcs's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: parc vs parcs
This is the hard kind. parc and parcs are pronounced identically (\paʁk\) 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) - “parc” sits inside “parcs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parc is recorded at frequency rank #1,144, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʁk\. parcs is at rank #5,375, tagged as anoun, pronounced \paʁk\.
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 6519, this pair ranks #426,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parc vs parcs
Shared letters: acpr. Private to "parc": -. Private to "parcs": s.
"parc" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "parcs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parc" for "parcs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "parc" vs "parcs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"parc" and "parcs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "parc" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parcs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,008 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parc" and "parcs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parcs vs parias". 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 #426,008 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.