Which to use
“paroisse” and “paroisses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,004
- “paroisse” frequency rank
- #12,632
- “paroisses” frequency rank
- 18636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paroisse | paroisses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Division ecclésiastique où s’exerce le ministère d’un curé ou d'un pasteur. | Pluriel de paroisse. |
Same sound, different letters: paroisse vs paroisses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: paroisse vs paroisses
This is the hard kind. paroisse and paroisses are pronounced identically (\pa.ʁwas\) 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) - “paroisse” sits inside “paroisses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paroisse is recorded at frequency rank #6,004, classified as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁwas\. paroisses is at rank #12,632, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pa.ʁwas\.
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 18636, this pair ranks #377,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of paroisse vs paroisses
Shared letters: aeioprs. Private to "paroisse": -. Private to "paroisses": -.
"paroisse" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "paroisses" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "paroisse" and "paroisses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "paroisse" or "paroisses" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "paroisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "paroisses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paroisse" and "paroisses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paraisse vs paroisses". 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 #377,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.