paragraphe

\pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\

/\pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\/ noun

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The verdict

“paragraphe” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,325. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,325
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Section d’un développement, d’un chapitre, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paragraphe · paragraphe · French

paragraphe · rank #6,325 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,325
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH onde

Nearest frequency peer: onde (-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 « paragraphe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paragraphe » 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).

paragraphe vs paragraphes
91% similar

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

Key facts for paragraphe
PropertyValue
Headwordparagraphe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,325
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paragraphe »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « onde » (#6,324), « parallèlement » (#6,326), « peintures » (#6,327). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paragraphe » est au #6,325. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around paragraphe (IPA \pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,325 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for paragraphe, with forms such as "apragraphe", "paargraphe", and "paragarphe". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "paragraphes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is paragraphe, spelled P-A-R-A-G-R-A-P-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Section d’un développement, d’un chapitre, etc.
  2. 2
    Passage d'un texte en prose compris entre deux alinéas.
  3. 3
    Signe figuré de cette manière §, dont on se sert comme abréviation pour désigner une telle section d’un texte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Grâce au numérotage de chaque paragraphe, nous serons dispensé de répéter continuellement les mêmes explications dans les correspondances manuscrites que nous échangeons avec diverses Administrations françaises et étrangères.
  2. Si par la suite, Jeander donne pour quelques paragraphes dans la vulgarisation vampirologique à l’adresse du lecteur, celui-ci livre une description d’une séquence clef du film qui ne manque pas d’interpeller […]

This word in other languages

section(English)párrafo(Español)Absatz(Deutsch)parágrafo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apragraphe
  • paargraphe
  • paragarphe
  • paraggraphe
  • paragrahpe
  • paragrapeh
  • paragraphhe
  • paragrapphe
  • paragrpahe
  • paragrraphe
  • parargaphe
  • pargaraphe
  • parragraphe
  • pparagraphe
  • praagraphe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paragraphe - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

apragraphe2paargraphe2paragarphe2paraggraphe1paragrahpe2paragrapeh2paragraphhe1paragrapphe1
Edit distance from "paragraphe"

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 "paragraphe"?
"paragraphe" is spelled P-A-R-A-G-R-A-P-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\.
What does "paragraphe" mean?
As a noun, "paragraphe" means: Section d’un développement, d’un chapitre, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "paragraphe"?
"paragraphe" is commonly confused with "paragraphes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paragraphe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paragraphe" is \pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paragraphe" come from?
"paragraphe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

infirmière15 variantsdétriment15 variantsarchevêque15 variantsconversion15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list