paralyser
\pa.ʁa.li.ze\
The verdict
“paralyser” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,166. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,166
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper de paralysie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paralyser · paralyser · French
paralyser · rank #31,166 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,166
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pandas
Nearest frequency peer: pandas (-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 « paralyser »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Ouzbékistan
Ouzbékistan
68,838 corpus weight
- pandas
pandas
68,836 corpus weight
- paralyser
paralyser
68,835 corpus weight
- partouze
partouze
68,834 corpus weight
- parvenant
parvenant
68,833 corpus weight
- pastore
pastore
68,832 corpus weight
What this shows « paralyser » 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 | paralyser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paralyser »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around paralyser (IPA \pa.ʁa.li.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,166 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for paralyser, with forms such as "apralyser", "paarlyser", and "parallyser". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "paralysie", "paralysés", "paralysé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is paralyser, spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Frapper de paralysie.
- 2Forcer l'immobilisation.
- 3Rendre nul, frapper d’inertie, neutraliser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paralyser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle souffrait d'une maladie dont elle avait bien cru mourir. Tout son côté droit avait été paralysé. Elle n'avait qu'une moitié d'elle en ce monde quand l'autre lui était déjà étrangère.
Jogging sur la High Line avant que la chaleur ne nous paralyse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apralyser
- paarlyser
- parallyser
- paralsyer
- paralyesr
- paralyserr
- paralysre
- paralysser
- paralyyser
- paraylser
- parlayser
- parralyser
- pparalyser
- praalyser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paralyser - 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 "paralyser", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).