Paranoia
[paʁaˈnɔɪ̯a]
The verdict
“Paranoia” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,702. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,702
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich in Wahnvorstellungen und besonders solchen verfolgt zu werden zeigende psychische Störung
Corpus desk
Index DE-paranoia · Paranoia · German
Paranoia · rank #25,702 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #25,702
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH parkinson
Nearest frequency peer: parkinson (+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 „Paranoia“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Omen
Omen
74,303 corpus weight
- orientalisc…
orientalischen
74,302 corpus weight
- originelle
originelle
74,301 corpus weight
- Paranoia
Paranoia
74,299 corpus weight
- parkinson
parkinson
74,298 corpus weight
- Pathologie
Pathologie
74,296 corpus weight
What this shows „Paranoia“ 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 | Paranoia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paʁaˈnɔɪ̯a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Paranoia“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Paranoia (IPA [paʁaˈnɔɪ̯a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,702 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sich in Wahnvorstellungen und besonders solchen verfolgt zu werden zeigende psychische Störung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Paranoia, with forms such as "apranoia", "paarnoia", and "paranioa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "paranoid", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Paranoia, spelled P-A-R-A-N-O-I-A.
Definition
- 1sich in Wahnvorstellungen und besonders solchen verfolgt zu werden zeigende psychische Störung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paranoia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei der Paranoia wird von den Erkrankten im Anschluß an ein affektvolles Erlebnis ein System von Wahnvorstellungen entwickelt.“
„Aber er betonte, dass in einer labilen Phase schwer zu sagen sei, wo die Grenze zwischen dem altmodischen Besuch eines Geistes und einer ganz gewöhnlichen Paranoia verläuft.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apranoia
- paarnoia
- paranioa
- parannoia
- paranoai
- paraonia
- parnaoia
- parranoia
- pparanoia
- praanoia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Paranoia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Paranoia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).