paragoge

\pa.ʁa.ɡɔʒ\

/\pa.ʁa.ɡɔʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“paragoge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ajout d’une ou plusieurs lettres ou syllabes, et donc, souvent, de phonèmes, à la fin d’un mot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paragoge · paragoge · French

paragoge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" 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.

Key facts for paragoge
PropertyValue
Headwordparagoge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁa.ɡɔʒ\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « paragoge » en français

paragogen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

paragoge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ʁa.ɡɔʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ajout d’une ou plusieurs lettres ou syllabes, et donc, souvent, de phonèmes, à la fin d’un mot.".

Zero misspellings are on record for paragoge in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is paragoge, spelled P-A-R-A-G-O-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ajout d’une ou plusieurs lettres ou syllabes, et donc, souvent, de phonèmes, à la fin d’un mot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Avecque » pour « avec » en français et « egomet » pour « ego » en latin sont des paragoges.
  2. Très en faveur dans la langue italienne des origines jusqu’au XIVᵉ siècle, l’épithèse (appelée aussi paragoge) consiste en l’ajout occasionnel de phonèmes non étymologiques à la fin d’un mot.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paragoge"?
"paragoge" is spelled P-A-R-A-G-O-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.ɡɔʒ\.
What does "paragoge" mean?
As a noun, "paragoge" means: Ajout d’une ou plusieurs lettres ou syllabes, et donc, souvent, de phonèmes, à la fin d’un mot.
How do you pronounce "paragoge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paragoge" is \pa.ʁa.ɡɔʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paragoge" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list