paragliding
/ˈpæɹəɡlaɪdɪŋ/
"paragliding" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paragliding” is uncommon English (frequency #53,766 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,766
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The sport of gliding with a paraglider.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paragliding · paragliding · English
paragliding · rank #53,766 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,766
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Papadopoulos
Nearest frequency peer: Papadopoulos (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “paragliding”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Pagano
Pagano
46,239 corpus weight
- Paki
Paki
46,238 corpus weight
- Palacio
Palacio
46,237 corpus weight
- Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
46,236 corpus weight
- paragliding
paragliding
46,235 corpus weight
- pastes
pastes
46,233 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “paragliding” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paragliding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpæɹəɡlaɪdɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paragliding” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paragliding is uncommon English at frequency #53,766 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpæɹəɡlaɪdɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
paragliding has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From paraglider. The correct English form is paragliding, spelled P-A-R-A-G-L-I-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The sport of gliding with a paraglider.
- 2The use of a paraglider in other settings, such as surveillance or military applications.
Etymology
From paraglider.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).