paralympique

\pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\

/\pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\/ adj

The verdict

“paralympique” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,392. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,392
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est propre ou relatif aux Jeux paralympiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paralympique · paralympique · French

paralympique · rank #33,392 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #33,392
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Paola

Nearest frequency peer: Paola (-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 « paralympique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paralympique » 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).

paralympique vs paralympiques
92% similar

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

Key facts for paralympique
PropertyValue
Headwordparalympique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\
Letters12
Frequency rank#33,392
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paralympique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).paralympiquese 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 « Paola » (#33,391), « paraîtrait » (#33,393), « pailles » (#33,390). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paralympique » est au #33,392. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around paralympique (IPA \pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,392 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est propre ou relatif aux Jeux paralympiques.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for paralympique, with forms such as "apralympique", "paarlympique", and "parallympique". 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, "paralympiques", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is paralympique, spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-M-P-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est propre ou relatif aux Jeux paralympiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Liang avait remporté plusieurs multimarathons en Chine ces dernières années. Huang, qui était sourd-muet, avait remporté le marathon masculin pour les malentendants aux Jeux paralympiques nationaux de 2019 à Tianjin.
  2. Pour Enzo Giorgi, escrimeur handisport de haut niveau, c’est là tout l’objectif des Jeux paralympiques 2024 : « mettre sur un pied d’égalité tous les athlètes. »

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apralympique
  • paarlympique
  • parallympique
  • paralmypique
  • paralymipque
  • paralymmpique
  • paralympiqeu
  • paralympiqque
  • paralympiuqe
  • paralymppique
  • paralympqiue
  • paralypmique
  • paralyympique
  • paraylmpique
  • parlaympique
  • parralympique
  • pparalympique
  • praalympique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paralympique - 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.

apralympique2paarlympique2parallympique1paralmypique2paralymipque2paralymmpique1paralympiqeu2paralympiqque1
Edit distance from "paralympique"

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 "paralympique"?
"paralympique" is spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-M-P-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\.
What does "paralympique" mean?
As an adjective, "paralympique" means: Qui est propre ou relatif aux Jeux paralympiques.
What words are commonly confused with "paralympique"?
"paralympique" is commonly confused with "paralympiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paralympique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paralympique" is \pa.ʁa.lɛ̃.pik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paralympique" come from?
"paralympique" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list