paroxytone
/pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/
"paroxytone" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paroxytone” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paroxytone · paroxytone · English
paroxytone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | paroxytone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paroxytone” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paroxytone is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for paroxytone in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (păroxŭ́tonos, “paroxytone”). The correct English form is paroxytone, spelled P-A-R-O-X-Y-T-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (păroxŭ́tonos, “paroxytone”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.