Paraphilie
[paʁafiˈliː]
The verdict
“Paraphilie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sexualtrieb, der von der empirischen Norm abweicht und sich in dranghaften Verhaltensweisen äußert, welche Leid oder Beeinträchtigungen bei betroffenen Personen hervorrufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-paraphilie · Paraphilie · German
Paraphilie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Paraphilie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paʁafiˈliː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paraphilie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paraphilie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [paʁafiˈliː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sexualtrieb, der von der empirischen Norm abweicht und sich in dranghaften Verhaltensweisen äußert, welche Leid oder Beeinträchtigungen bei betroffenen Personen hervorrufen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Paraphilie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Paraphilie, spelled P-A-R-A-P-H-I-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Sexualtrieb, der von der empirischen Norm abweicht und sich in dranghaften Verhaltensweisen äußert, welche Leid oder Beeinträchtigungen bei betroffenen Personen hervorrufen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paraphilie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist nicht trivial Paraphilien von einem "normalen" Sexualtrieb zu unterscheiden.
„Ziel ist nicht, wie Laien oft denken, die vollkommene Heilung von abnormen sexuellen Verlangen wie der Pädophilie, die in der Medizinersprache als Paraphilie zusammengefasst ist.“
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.