Paisley

/[ˈpɛɪ̯sliː]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#85,669

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Paisley is aGermanname. It means: Stadt in Schottland Pronounced [ˈpɛɪ̯sliː].

Key facts for Paisley
PropertyValue
HeadwordPaisley
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈpɛɪ̯sliː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,669
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Paisley in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Paisley is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɛɪ̯sliː]. Corpus data places it at rank #85,669 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Stadt in Schottland".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Paisley in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Paisley, spelled P-A-I-S-L-E-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadt in Schottland

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #85,669 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Paisley"?
"Paisley" is spelled P-A-I-S-L-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɛɪ̯sliː].
What does "Paisley" mean?
As a name, "Paisley" means: Stadt in Schottland
How do you pronounce "Paisley"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Paisley" is [ˈpɛɪ̯sliː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Paisley" come from?
"Paisley" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.