paragraphes

\pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\

/\pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\/ noun

The verdict

“paragraphes” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,991. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,991
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de paragraphe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paragraphes · paragraphes · French

paragraphes · rank #14,991 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,991
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pacifiques

Nearest frequency peer: pacifiques (-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 « paragraphes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paragraphes » 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).

paragraphes vs paragraphe
91% similar

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

Key facts for paragraphes
PropertyValue
Headwordparagraphes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\
Letters11
Frequency rank#14,991
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paragraphes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.paragraphesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pacifiques » (#14,990), « parapluie » (#14,992), « offrez » (#14,989). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paragraphes » est au #14,991. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around paragraphes (IPA \pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,991 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de paragraphe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for paragraphes, with forms such as "apragraphes", "paargraphes", and "paragarphes". 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, "paragraphe", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is paragraphes, spelled P-A-R-A-G-R-A-P-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de paragraphe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. J’avais emporté le dernier Solarmé que j’ai lu diagonalement, trouvé ennuyeux, sauf deux paragraphes dont j’ai pensé qu’ils étaient admirables, mais qui entrent peut-être simplement en résonance avec mes pensées du moment.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apragraphes
  • paargraphes
  • paragarphes
  • paraggraphes
  • paragrahpes
  • paragrapehs
  • paragraphess
  • paragraphhes
  • paragraphse
  • paragrapphes
  • paragrpahes
  • paragrraphes
  • parargaphes
  • pargaraphes
  • parragraphes
  • pparagraphes
  • praagraphes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apragraphes2paargraphes2paragarphes2paraggraphes1paragrahpes2paragrapehs2paragraphess1paragraphhes1
Edit distance from "paragraphes"

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 "paragraphes"?
"paragraphes" is spelled P-A-R-A-G-R-A-P-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\.
What does "paragraphes" mean?
As a noun, "paragraphes" means: Pluriel de paragraphe.
What words are commonly confused with "paragraphes"?
"paragraphes" is commonly confused with "paragraphe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paragraphes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paragraphes" 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 "paragraphes" come from?
"paragraphes" 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 "paragraphes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list