Paracetamol

/[paʁaˌt͡setaˈmoːl]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#50,774

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Paracetamol is aGermannoun. It means: ein schmerzlindernder und fiebersenkender Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Nichtopioid-Analgetika Pronounced [paʁaˌt͡setaˈmoːl].

Key facts for Paracetamol
PropertyValue
HeadwordParacetamol
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paʁaˌt͡setaˈmoːl]
Letters11
Frequency rank#50,774
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Paracetamol is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paʁaˌt͡setaˈmoːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,774 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein schmerzlindernder und fiebersenkender Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Nichtopioid-Analgetika".

No misspelling variants are generated for Paracetamol in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.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 Paracetamol, spelled P-A-R-A-C-E-T-A-M-O-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein schmerzlindernder und fiebersenkender Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Nichtopioid-Analgetika

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #50,774 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Paracetamol"?
"Paracetamol" is spelled P-A-R-A-C-E-T-A-M-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is [paʁaˌt͡setaˈmoːl].
What does "Paracetamol" mean?
As a noun, "Paracetamol" means: ein schmerzlindernder und fiebersenkender Arzneistoff aus der Gruppe der Nichtopioid-Analgetika
How do you pronounce "Paracetamol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Paracetamol" is [paʁaˌt͡setaˈmoːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Paracetamol" come from?
"Paracetamol" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.