Paralympische Spiele
[paʁaˈlʏmpɪʃə ˈʃpiːlə]
The verdict
“Paralympische Spiele” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sportliches Großereignis des Behindertensports, das alle vier Jahre, direkt auf die Olympischen Spiele folgend, stattfindet
Corpus desk
Index DE-paralympische-spiele · Paralympische Spiele · German
Paralympische Spiele · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | Paralympische Spiele |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [paʁaˈlʏmpɪʃə ˈʃpiːlə] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paralympische Spiele“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paralympische Spiele is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [paʁaˈlʏmpɪʃə ˈʃpiːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sportliches Großereignis des Behindertensports, das alle vier Jahre, direkt auf die Olympischen Spiele folgend, stattfindet".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Paralympische Spiele, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Paralympische Spiele, spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-M-P-I-S-C-H-E- -S-P-I-E-L-E.
Definition
- 1sportliches Großereignis des Behindertensports, das alle vier Jahre, direkt auf die Olympischen Spiele folgend, stattfindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Paralympische Spiele appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nun sollen die Bürger das Wort haben, ob sie Olympische und Paralympische Spiele im Werdenfelser Land haben wollen.
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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.