Paramus
"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
- pansexual
pansexual
34,619 corpus weight
- Papuan
Papuan
34,617 corpus weight
- Paralympian
Paralympian
34,616 corpus weight
- Paramus
Paramus
34,615 corpus weight
- parm
parm
34,614 corpus weight
- Pastore
Pastore
34,613 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Paramus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paramus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Paramus” in English
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
- 1A 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).