Paramus

name

"paramus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Paramus” is uncommon English (frequency #65,386 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,386
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

Corpus desk

Index EN-paramus · Paramus · English

Paramus · rank #65,386 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,386
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH Paralympian

Nearest frequency peer: Paralympian (-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 “Paramus”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Paramus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Paramus
PropertyValue
HeadwordParamus
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,386
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Paramus” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Paramusfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Paralympian” (#65,385), “parm” (#65,387), “Papuan” (#65,384). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “Paramus” is #65,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Paramus is uncommon English at frequency #65,386 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.".

Paramus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Thought to be from the Unami language, but see Latin paramus. The correct English form is Paramus, spelled P-A-R-A-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

Etymology

Thought to be from the Unami language, but see Latin paramus.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Paramus"?
"Paramus" is spelled P-A-R-A-M-U-S.
What does "Paramus" mean?
As a proper noun, "Paramus" means: A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
What is the origin of the word "Paramus"?
Thought to be from the Unami language, but see Latin paramus. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Paramus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list