Parapsychologie

[ˈpaːʁapsyçoloˌɡiː]

/[ˈpaːʁapsyçoloˌɡiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Parapsychologie” is uncommon German (frequency #86,894 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,894
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wissenschaft, die versucht, okkulte Vorgänge und übersinnliche Fähigkeiten des Menschen zu erforschen

Corpus desk

Index DE-parapsychologie · Parapsychologie · German

Parapsychologie · rank #86,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,894
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH papillon

Nearest frequency peer: papillon (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Parapsychologie“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Parapsychologie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Parapsychologie
PropertyValue
HeadwordParapsychologie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpaːʁapsyçoloˌɡiː]
Letters15
Frequency rank#86,894
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Parapsychologie“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Parapsychologiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „papillon“ (#86,893), „passable“ (#86,896), „pans“ (#86,891). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Parapsychologie“ bei #86,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Parapsychologie is uncommon German at frequency #86,894 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaːʁapsyçoloˌɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wissenschaft, die versucht, okkulte Vorgänge und übersinnliche Fähigkeiten des Menschen zu erforschen".

Parapsychologie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 Parapsychologie, spelled P-A-R-A-P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wissenschaft, die versucht, okkulte Vorgänge und übersinnliche Fähigkeiten des Menschen zu erforschen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Parapsychologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Er verglich den Spott, der die Pioniere der Parapsychologie traf, mit dem Hohngelächter, das in der Geschichte der Wissenschaften immer dann erscholl, wenn ein Ketzer zu neuen Ufern vorzustoßen versuchte.“
  2. „In den Jahrzehnten, die mittlerweile vergangen sind, hat die Parapsychologie innerhalb der akademischen Forschung an Boden gewonnen.“

This word in other languages

parapsychology(English)parapsicología(Español)parapsychologie(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Parapsychologie"?
"Parapsychologie" is spelled P-A-R-A-P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaːʁapsyçoloˌɡiː].
What does "Parapsychologie" mean?
As a noun, "Parapsychologie" means: Wissenschaft, die versucht, okkulte Vorgänge und übersinnliche Fähigkeiten des Menschen zu erforschen
How do you pronounce "Parapsychologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Parapsychologie" is [ˈpaːʁapsyçoloˌɡiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Parapsychologie" come from?
"Parapsychologie" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Parapsychologie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Naturlandschaft#86,851rationalisieren#86,955Mitschülerinnen#86,816Rettungskräften#86,978

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list