paralexème
\pa.ʁa.lɛk.sɛm\
The verdict
“paralexème” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suite de lexèmes, employée elle-même comme lexème, et dont les mots constitutifs ne peuvent être dissociés sans lui faire perdre son sens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paralexeme · paralexème · French
paralexème · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paralexème |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.lɛk.sɛm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « paralexème » en français
Rare enough to double-check
paralexème is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ʁa.lɛk.sɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suite de lexèmes, employée elle-même comme lexème, et dont les mots constitutifs ne peuvent être dissociés sans lui faire perdre son sens.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for paralexème in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is paralexème, spelled P-A-R-A-L-E-X-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Suite de lexèmes, employée elle-même comme lexème, et dont les mots constitutifs ne peuvent être dissociés sans lui faire perdre son sens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how paralexème appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chemin de fer et pomme de terre sont des exemples classiques de paralexèmes.
Synonyms
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.