paralysante

\pa.ʁa.li.zɑ̃t\

/\pa.ʁa.li.zɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“paralysante” is uncommon French (frequency #78,714 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,714
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de paralysant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paralysante · paralysante · French

paralysante · rank #78,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,714
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pangolin

Nearest frequency peer: pangolin (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « paralysante »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « paralysante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for paralysante
PropertyValue
Headwordparalysante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.ʁa.li.zɑ̃t\
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,714
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « paralysante » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).paralysantetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « pangolin » (#78,713), « partagerez » (#78,715), « pandémies » (#78,712). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paralysante » est au #78,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

paralysante is uncommon French at frequency #78,714 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.ʁa.li.zɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de paralysant.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for paralysante, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is paralysante, spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-S-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de paralysant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sans compter l’ouverture qui serait offerte aux actes de « piraterie » paralysante ; car il suffirait de diffuser en haute atmosphère 25 tonnes de fluor pour désélectroniser l’ionosphère et, par conséquent, supprimer durablement toute possibilité de communication radio à longue distance.

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 "paralysante"?
"paralysante" is spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-S-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.li.zɑ̃t\.
What does "paralysante" mean?
As an adjective, "paralysante" means: Féminin singulier de paralysant.
How do you pronounce "paralysante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paralysante" is \pa.ʁa.li.zɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list