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Which to use

“parement” and “parlements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,988
“parement” frequency rank
#22,964
“parlements” frequency rank
59952
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parement parlements
Definition Morceau d’étoffe riche ou voyant ornant un vêtement ou le devant d’un autel. Pluriel de parlement.

Where the eye mixes parement and parlements

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
parement
10 ch
parlements

Look-alike desk: parement vs parlements

A purely visual mix-up. parement (\paʁ.mɑ̃\) and parlements (\paʁ.lə.mɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parement is recorded at frequency rank #36,988, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.mɑ̃\. parlements is at rank #22,964, tagged as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.lə.mɑ̃\.

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 59952, this pair ranks #100,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of parement vs parlements

Shared letters: aemnprt. Private to "parement": -. Private to "parlements": ls.

"parement" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC  ·  "parlements" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parementaprement · paerment · pareemnt · paremennt · parementt · paremetn · paremment · paremnet
  • parlementsaprlements · palrements · parelments · parleemnts · parlemennts · parlemenst · parlementss · parlementts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "parement" for "parlements" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\paʁ.mɑ̃\ versus \paʁ.lə.mɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "parement" vs "parlements" - which ranks higher?
"parlements" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,964 in our French list, against #36,988 for "parement". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "parement" and "parlements" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parlements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #100,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parement" and "parlements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parement vs percement". 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 #100,261 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list