Paraphe
[paˈʁaːfə]
The verdict
“Paraphe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein auf wenige Zeichen verkürztes Namenszeichen oder ein Namensstempel
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Index DE-paraphe · Paraphe · German
Paraphe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Paraphe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈʁaːfə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paraphe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paraphe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [paˈʁaːfə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein auf wenige Zeichen verkürztes Namenszeichen oder ein Namensstempel".
Paraphe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Paraphe, spelled P-A-R-A-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1ein auf wenige Zeichen verkürztes Namenszeichen oder ein Namensstempel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paraphe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Den Antrag zur Auflösung des Bundestages hatte Schröder bereits am 1. Juli samt seiner Paraphe im Präsidialamt hinterlegt.“
„Säuberlich waren auf der letzten Seite am unteren Rand die Paraphen der drei Neusprachler zu sehen: Mu – das war Muller; zbk – das war Zubanek; und Fen – das war die Paraphe meines Vaters, der mir den Namen Fendrich vererbt hat.“
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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.