paragraphes
\pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\
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
- observées
observées
85,013 corpus weight
- offrez
offrez
85,012 corpus weight
- pacifiques
pacifiques
85,011 corpus weight
- paragraphes
paragraphes
85,010 corpus weight
- parapluie
parapluie
85,009 corpus weight
- parfaites
parfaites
85,008 corpus weight
What this shows « paragraphes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paragraphes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.ɡʁaf\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #14,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paragraphes »
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
- 1Pluriel de paragraphe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paragraphes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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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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).