Which to use
“parcourent” is a verb and “parcours” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,699
- “parcourent” frequency rank
- #1,448
- “parcours” frequency rank
- 26147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parcourent | parcours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de parcourir. | Chemin, trajet que fait une personne ou que l’on fait faire à une chose. |
Same sound, different letters: parcourent vs parcours
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. parcourent runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCVCC) against parcours's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - parcourent and parcours
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: parcourent and parcours carry the same recorded pronunciation, \paʁ.kuʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parcourent is recorded at frequency rank #24,699, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.kuʁ\. parcours is at rank #1,448, tagged as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.kuʁ\.
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 26147, this pair ranks #336,853 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parcourent vs parcours
Shared letters: acopru. Private to "parcourent": ent. Private to "parcours": s.
"parcourent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC · "parcours" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- parcourent ← aprcourent · pacrourent · parccourent · parcoruent · parcouernt · parcourennt · parcourentt · parcouretn
- parcours ← aprcours · pacrours · parccours · parcorus · parcourrs · parcourss · parcousr · parcuors
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "parcourent" and "parcours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "parcourent" or "parcours"?
What to do next
"parcourent" and "parcours" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "parcourent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parcours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,853 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parcourent" and "parcours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parcours vs Parcoursup". 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 #336,853 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.