Which to use
“parcourent” and “parcourt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,699
- “parcourent” frequency rank
- #14,531
- “parcourt” frequency rank
- 39230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parcourent | parcourt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de parcourir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de parcourir. |
Same sound, different letters: parcourent vs parcourt
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. parcourent runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCVCC) against parcourt's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: parcourent vs parcourt
This is the hard kind. parcourent and parcourt are pronounced identically (\paʁ.kuʁ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39230, 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\. parcourt is at rank #14,531, tagged as averb, 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 39230, this pair ranks #249,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parcourent vs parcourt
Shared letters: acoprtu. Private to "parcourent": en. Private to "parcourt": -.
"parcourent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC · "parcourt" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- parcourent ← aprcourent · pacrourent · parccourent · parcoruent · parcouernt · parcourennt · parcourentt · parcouretn
- parcourt ← aprcourt · pacrourt · parccourt · parcorut · parcourrt · parcourtt · parcoutr · parcuort
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "parcourent" / "parcourt". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "parcourent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parcourt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parcourent" and "parcourt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parcourant vs parcourent". 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 #249,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.