paradigme

\pa.ʁa.diɡm\

/\pa.ʁa.diɡm\/ noun

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The verdict

“paradigme” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,692
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Modèle de déclinaison ou de conjugaison.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paradigme · paradigme · French

paradigme · rank #16,692 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,692
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pacha

Nearest frequency peer: pacha (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « paradigme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « paradigme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

paradigme vs paradise
78% similar
paradigme vs paradigmes
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for paradigme
PropertyValue
Headwordparadigme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁa.diɡm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,692
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paradigme »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).paradigmese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pacha » (#16,691), « pardonnez » (#16,693), « ordure » (#16,690). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paradigme » est au #16,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around paradigme (IPA \pa.ʁa.diɡm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,692 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for paradigme, with forms such as "apradigme", "paardigme", and "paraddigme". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "paradise", "paradigmes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is paradigme, spelled P-A-R-A-D-I-G-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Modèle de déclinaison ou de conjugaison.
  2. 2
    Exemple parfait → voir parangon.
  3. 3
    Représentation du monde ; manière de voir les choses ; modèle cohérent de pensée, de vision du monde qui repose sur une base définie, sur un système de valeurs.
  4. 4
    Ensemble d'expériences, de croyances et de valeurs qui influencent la façon dont un individu perçoit la réalité et réagit à cette perception.
  5. 5
    Type de programmation formulée selon le langage utilisé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how paradigme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cette désinence nous assure que le subjonctif aoriste sigmatique et le futur sigmatique n'étaient à l'origine qu'un seul et même paradigme et un même temps, un présent sigmatique dégradé en éventuel.
  2. Les deux paradigmes aurai-avrai sont encore en concurrence au XVIᵉ siècle, mais c’est dès 1450 que aurai devient prédominant.

This word in other languages

paradigm(English)paradigma(Español)Paradigma(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apradigme
  • paardigme
  • paraddigme
  • paradgime
  • paradigem
  • paradiggme
  • paradigmme
  • paradimge
  • paraidgme
  • pardaigme
  • parradigme
  • pparadigme
  • praadigme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paradigme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

apradigme2paardigme2paraddigme1paradgime2paradigem2paradiggme1paradigmme1paradimge2
Edit distance from "paradigme"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paradigme"?
"paradigme" is spelled P-A-R-A-D-I-G-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.diɡm\.
What does "paradigme" mean?
As a noun, "paradigme" means: Modèle de déclinaison ou de conjugaison.
What words are commonly confused with "paradigme"?
"paradigme" is commonly confused with "paradise", "paradigmes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paradigme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paradigme" is \pa.ʁa.diɡm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paradigme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paradigme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pardonnez#16,693Nietzsche#16,685ménagères#16,681prophètes#16,708

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

poussières13 variantsremarquée13 variantshéberger13 variantsterminaux13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list