paragon
\pa.ʁa.ɡɔ̃\
The verdict
“paragon” is uncommon French (frequency #75,982 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,982
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monture de parapluie dont les baleines sont en acier, et se nomment gouttières
Corpus desk
Index FR-paragon · paragon · French
paragon · rank #75,982 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,982
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pardonnerais
Nearest frequency peer: pardonnerais (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « paragon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- paperasses
paperasses
24,022 corpus weight
- papetier
papetier
24,021 corpus weight
- paragon
paragon
24,019 corpus weight
- pardonnerais
pardonnerais
24,018 corpus weight
- partagerais
partagerais
24,017 corpus weight
- partagèrent
partagèrent
24,016 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « paragon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paragon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.ɡɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « paragon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
paragon is uncommon French at frequency #75,982 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ʁa.ɡɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Monture de parapluie dont les baleines sont en acier, et se nomment gouttières".
No generated misspelling entries exist for paragon in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is paragon, spelled P-A-R-A-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1Monture de parapluie dont les baleines sont en acier, et se nomment gouttières
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paragon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De vieux parapluies à paragon évoluaient dans le lointain, de ruelle en ruelle ; un cheval blanc, attelé à un triqueballe, hennit longuement..
Les avantages du parapluie paragon de Fox sur tous les autres sont : élégance renommée, solidité éprouvée, grande économie et extrême légèreté. Moitié du poids des anciens parapluies en baleine et cependant plus durables et beaucoup [sic] meilleur marché.
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.
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