Jeux paralympiques
\ʒø pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\
The verdict
“Jeux paralympiques” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compétition sportive internationale pour les handicapés qui se passe tous les 4 ans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jeux-paralympiques · Jeux paralympiques · French
Jeux paralympiques · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | Jeux paralympiques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒø pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Jeux paralympiques is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒø pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Compétition sportive internationale pour les handicapés qui se passe tous les 4 ans.".
Jeux paralympiques doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Jeux paralympiques, spelled J-E-U-X- -P-A-R-A-L-Y-M-P-I-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Compétition sportive internationale pour les handicapés qui se passe tous les 4 ans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jeux paralympiques appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour Enzo Giorgi, escrimeur handisport de haut niveau, c’est là tout l’objectif des Jeux paralympiques 2024 : « mettre sur un pied d’égalité tous les athlètes. »
Membre de l’Armée des champions, le paracycliste morbihannais Dorian Foulon, médaillé d’or en poursuite individuelle (C4-C5) aux Jeux paralympiques de Tokyo, sera au départ de la Kreiz Breizh Elites.
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.