parálisis
[paˈɾalisis]
The verdict
“parálisis” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,908. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,908
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Privación o disminución de la sensibilidad y del movimiento de una o varias partes del cuerpo, o bien solo del movimiento o de la sensibilidad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-paralisis · parálisis · Spanish
parálisis · rank #14,908 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #14,908
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH paraje
Nearest frequency peer: paraje (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “parálisis”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- oyendo
oyendo
85,096 corpus weight
- panadería
panadería
85,095 corpus weight
- paraje
paraje
85,094 corpus weight
- parálisis
parálisis
85,093 corpus weight
- pasivos
pasivos
85,092 corpus weight
- patología
patología
85,091 corpus weight
What this shows “parálisis” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parálisis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈɾalisis] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “parálisis”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around parálisis (IPA [paˈɾalisis]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,908 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for parálisis, with forms such as "aprálisis", "parláisis", and "parrálisis". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "paraísos", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is parálisis, spelled P-A-R-Á-L-I-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Privación o disminución de la sensibilidad y del movimiento de una o varias partes del cuerpo, o bien solo del movimiento o de la sensibilidad.
- 2Detenimiento de una o más actividades.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how parálisis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Matchee se intentó suicidar al día siguiente de la muerte de Arone y desde entonces sufre parálisis cerebral.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprálisis
- parláisis
- parrálisis
- paráilsis
- parálicis
- paráliiss
- parálisiss
- parálissi
- parálissis
- parállisis
- parálsiis
- paárlisis
- pparálisis
- praálisis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parálisis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parálisis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).