paraphrasis
/pəˈræfrəsɪs/
"paraphrasis" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paraphrasis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The practice of paraphrasing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paraphrasis · paraphrasis · English
paraphrasis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paraphrasis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pəˈræfrəsɪs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paraphrasis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paraphrasis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /pəˈræfrəsɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The practice of paraphrasing.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for paraphrasis, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis). Compare periphrasis. The correct English form is paraphrasis, spelled P-A-R-A-P-H-R-A-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1The practice of paraphrasing.
Etymology
From Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis). Compare periphrasis.
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.