Paragon

noun

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The verdict

“Paragon” is uncommon German (frequency #63,628 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,628
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schriftgrad von 18 Punkt

Corpus desk

Index DE-paragon · Paragon · German

Paragon · rank #63,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,628
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pappenheim

Nearest frequency peer: Pappenheim (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Paragon“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Paragon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Paragon
PropertyValue
HeadwordParagon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#63,628
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Paragon“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Paragonfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pappenheim“ (#63,627), „parkende“ (#63,629), „Pagode“ (#63,625). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Paragon“ bei #63,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Paragon is uncommon German at frequency #63,628 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Paragon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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. The correct German form is Paragon, spelled P-A-R-A-G-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schriftgrad von 18 Punkt
  2. 2
    Kassenblock

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Paragon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Überschrift ist in Paragon gedruckt.
  2. Die Registrierkasse konnte den Paragon nie völlig verdrängen.

Synonyms

anderthalbCiceroKassenblockRechnungsblock

Antonyms

RegistrierkasseBondrucker

This word in other languages

paragon(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Paragon"?
"Paragon" is spelled P-A-R-A-G-O-N.
What does "Paragon" mean?
As a noun, "Paragon" means: Schriftgrad von 18 Punkt
What language does "Paragon" come from?
"Paragon" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Paragon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Orléans#63,620origine#63,619Phobien#63,644planbar#63,647

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list