paradis

/\pa.ʁa.di\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,890

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

paradis is aFrenchnoun. It means: Jardin de délices, d’éden. Pronounced \pa.ʁa.di\. It ranks #2,890 in French word frequency. Often confused with Paris and pardi.

Key facts for paradis
PropertyValue
Headwordparadis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁa.di\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,890
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of paradis in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for paradis is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.ʁa.di\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,890 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for paradis, with forms such as "apradis", "paardis", and "paraddis". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Paris", "pardi", "partis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is paradis, spelled P-A-R-A-D-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jardin de délices, d’éden.
  2. 2
    Selon certaines religions, lieu de bonheur éternel et de délices où vont les hommes bienheureux, les âmes des justes (parfois aussi les animaux), après leur mort.
  3. 3
    Lieu merveilleux, qui apporte le bonheur ; séjour délicieux, charmant, orné par la nature ou par l’art.
  4. 4
    L’état le plus heureux dont on puisse jouir.
  5. 5
    Étage le plus élevé d’une salle de spectacle ou d’un théâtre.
  6. 6
    Dernière case du jeu de la marelle, celle où l'on a gagné.
  7. 7
    Jardin d'agrément.
  8. 8
    Jus qui coule du pressoir avant même sa mise en action. Ce jus donne un vin de beaujolais particulièrement alcoolisé.
  9. 9
    Jardin, verger planté d’arbres fruitiers.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apradis,paardis,paraddis,paradiss,paradsi,paraids,pardais,parradis,pparadis,praadis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for paradis

Misspelling Variants of "paradis"

apradis7paardis7paraddis8paradiss8paradsi7paraids7pardais7parradis8
Misspelling Variants of "paradis"

Frequency rank: #2,890 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paradis"?
"paradis" is spelled P-A-R-A-D-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.di\.
What does "paradis" mean?
As a noun, "paradis" means: Jardin de délices, d’éden.
What words are commonly confused with "paradis"?
"paradis" is commonly confused with "Paris", "pardi", "partis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paradis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paradis" is \pa.ʁa.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paradis" come from?
"paradis" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.