# Paralympic vs Paralympics

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Paralympic
*adjective · IPA /ˌpæɹəˈlɪmpɪk/ · frequency rank #21,308*
Pertaining to the Paralympic Games.

### Paralympics
*name · frequency rank #22,463*
Synonym of Paralympic Games (“an international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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