# Paralympics

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,463

## Definitions
1. 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”).

## Etymology
Blend of para- (as in paraplegia or parallel (as preferred by the International Paralympic Committee itself, according to Snopes)) + Olympics, itself from Olympic + -s.

## Easily confused with
- **Paralympic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paralympic-vs-paralympics)

## Common misspellings (18)
`apralympics`, `paarlympics`, `parallympics`, `paralmypics`, `paralymipcs`, `paralymmpics`, `paralympcis`, `paralympiccs`, `paralympicss`, `paralympisc`, `paralymppics`, `paralypmics`, `paralyympics`, `paraylmpics`, `parlaympics`, `parralympics`, `pparalympics`, `praalympics`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/paralympics