paralyzed
"paralyzed" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paralyzed” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,294
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paralyzed · paralyzed · English
paralyzed · rank #16,294 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,294
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH outset
Nearest frequency peer: outset (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “paralyzed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- orient
orient
83,710 corpus weight
- Orion
Orion
83,709 corpus weight
- outset
outset
83,708 corpus weight
- paralyzed
paralyzed
83,707 corpus weight
- parry
parry
83,706 corpus weight
- parted
parted
83,705 corpus weight
What this shows “paralyzed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paralyzed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “paralyzed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around paralyzed, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,294 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for paralyzed, with forms such as "apralyzed", "paarlyzed", and "parallyzed". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "paralyze", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is paralyzed, spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-Z-E-D.
Definition
- 1Partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled.
- 2Rendered incapable of action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paralyzed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We were paralyzed with fear.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apralyzed
- paarlyzed
- parallyzed
- paralyezd
- paralyyzed
- paralyzde
- paralyzedd
- paralyzzed
- paralzyed
- paraylzed
- parlayzed
- parralyzed
- pparalyzed
- praalyzed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paralyzed - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paralyzed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).