Paralympic Games
"paralympic-games" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Paralympic Games” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paralympic Games |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Paralympic Games” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Paralympic Games is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.".
Paralympic Games has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of paraplegic + Olympic Games. The correct English form is Paralympic Games, spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-M-P-I-C- -G-A-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1An 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.
Etymology
Blend of paraplegic + Olympic Games.
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.
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Using “Paralympic Games”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-A-R-A-L-Y-M-P-I-C- -G-A-M-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.