paralympisch
[paʁaˈlʏmpɪʃ]
The verdict
“paralympisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Paralympics oder die Paralympischen Spiele betreffend; zu den Paralympics bzw. den Paralympischen Spielen gehörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-paralympisch · paralympisch · German
paralympisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paralympisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paʁaˈlʏmpɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „paralympisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
paralympisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [paʁaˈlʏmpɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Paralympics oder die Paralympischen Spiele betreffend; zu den Paralympics bzw. den Paralympischen Spielen gehörend".
Zero misspellings are on record for paralympisch in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is paralympisch, spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-M-P-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Paralympics oder die Paralympischen Spiele betreffend; zu den Paralympics bzw. den Paralympischen Spielen gehörend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paralympisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Man mag das für Wortklauberei halten – aber ein bisschen Nachdenken über diesen Begriff „paralympisch“ kann sich lohnen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.