paradox
[paʁaˈdɔks]
The verdict
“paradox” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,247
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen unauflösbaren Widerspruch enthaltend
Corpus desk
Index DE-paradox · paradox · German
paradox · rank #16,247 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,247
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Papstes
Nearest frequency peer: Papstes (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „paradox“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Ott
Ott
83,757 corpus weight
- Owen
Owen
83,756 corpus weight
- Papstes
Papstes
83,755 corpus weight
- paradox
paradox
83,754 corpus weight
- Pendler
Pendler
83,753 corpus weight
- pfeift
pfeift
83,751 corpus weight
What this shows „paradox“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paradox |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paʁaˈdɔks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „paradox“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around paradox (IPA [paʁaˈdɔks]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,247 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "einen unauflösbaren Widerspruch enthaltend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for paradox, with forms such as "apradox", "paardox", and "paraddox". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Pardon", "Paradoxon", "Parade", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is paradox, spelled P-A-R-A-D-O-X.
Definition
- 1einen unauflösbaren Widerspruch enthaltend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paradox appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Idee war paradoxer als alle anderen.
„Der Zweck der paradoxen Formulierung ist zunächst, einen Gedanken besonders zugespitzt auszudrücken, indem man ihn scharf von der üblichen Ansicht abhebt.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apradox
- paardox
- paraddox
- paradoxx
- paradxo
- paraodx
- pardaox
- parradox
- pparadox
- praadox
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paradox - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paradox", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).