paraplegia
"paraplegia" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paraplegia” is uncommon English (frequency #85,625 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,625
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paraplegia · paraplegia · English
paraplegia · rank #85,625 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,625
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH papilloma
Nearest frequency peer: papilloma (-3 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 “paraplegia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- pantanal
pantanal
14,381 corpus weight
- papilloma
papilloma
14,379 corpus weight
- paraplegia
paraplegia
14,376 corpus weight
- Patmore
Patmore
14,372 corpus weight
- patt
patt
14,369 corpus weight
- penton
penton
14,366 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “paraplegia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paraplegia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paraplegia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paraplegia is uncommon English at frequency #85,625 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.".
Zero misspellings are on record for paraplegia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγίη (paraplēgíē), Ionic Greek for παραπληξία (paraplēxía, “paralysis on one side”), from παραπλήσσεσθαι (paraplḗssesthai, “to be stricken on one side”), active παραπλήσσειν (paraplḗssein, “to strike on on… The correct English form is paraplegia, spelled P-A-R-A-P-L-E-G-I-A.
Definition
- 1A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move.
Etymology
From New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγίη (paraplēgíē), Ionic Greek for παραπληξία (paraplēxía, “paralysis on one side”), from παραπλήσσεσθαι (paraplḗssesthai, “to be stricken on one side”), active παραπλήσσειν (paraplḗssein, “to strike on one side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”).
This word in other languages
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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