paralysie

\pa.ʁa.li.zi\

/\pa.ʁa.li.zi\/ noun

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The verdict

“paralysie” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,455
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Privation ou diminution considérable de la sensibilité et du mouvement volontaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paralysie · paralysie · French

paralysie · rank #15,455 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,455
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH outrage

Nearest frequency peer: outrage (-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 « paralysie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « paralysie » 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).

paralysie vs paralysé
78% similar
paralysie vs paralysée
89% similar
paralysie vs paralyser
78% similar

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

Key facts for paralysie
PropertyValue
Headwordparalysie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pa.ʁa.li.zi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,455
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paralysie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).paralysiese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « outrage » (#15,454), « passais » (#15,456), « orlando » (#15,453). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paralysie » est au #15,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around paralysie (IPA \pa.ʁa.li.zi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,455 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Privation ou diminution considérable de la sensibilité et du mouvement volontaire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for paralysie, with forms such as "apralysie", "paarlysie", and "parallysie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "paralysé", "paralysée", "paralyser", and more, 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 paralysie, spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-S-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Privation ou diminution considérable de la sensibilité et du mouvement volontaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Puis, vers la fin de cette année, le bonhomme fut enfin, à l’âge de quatre-vingt-deux ans, pris par une paralysie qui fit de rapides progrès.
  2. J'ai souvenance du cas d'un de mes camarades d'étude, qui, à l'âge de 18 ans, racolé un soir sur nos grands boulevards par une professionnelle, contracta d'elle la syphilis et mourut dix ans plus tard d'une paralysie générale due à cette infection.

Synonyms

plégie

This word in other languages

paralysis(English)parálisis(Español)paralisia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apralysie
  • paarlysie
  • parallysie
  • paralsyie
  • paralyise
  • paralysei
  • paralyssie
  • paralyysie
  • paraylsie
  • parlaysie
  • parralysie
  • pparalysie
  • praalysie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paralysie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apralysie2paarlysie2parallysie1paralsyie2paralyise2paralysei2paralyssie1paralyysie1
Edit distance from "paralysie"

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 "paralysie"?
"paralysie" is spelled P-A-R-A-L-Y-S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.li.zi\.
What does "paralysie" mean?
As a noun, "paralysie" means: Privation ou diminution considérable de la sensibilité et du mouvement volontaire.
What words are commonly confused with "paralysie"?
"paralysie" is commonly confused with "paralysé", "paralysée", "paralyser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "paralysie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paralysie" is \pa.ʁa.li.zi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "paralysie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prescrire#15,463mettaient#15,441prévoyant#15,470recharger#15,480

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

princesses13 variantsralliement13 variantsintensive13 variantssignalés13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list