paramédical
\pa.ʁa.me.di.kal\
The verdict
“paramédical” is uncommon French (frequency #65,388 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,388
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dit des actes médicaux ne relevant pas des médecins, et se dit aussi des professions médicales autres que les médecins, vétérinaires et dentistes, comme par exemple les masseurs-kinésithérapeute...
Corpus desk
Index FR-paramedical · paramédical · French
paramédical · rank #65,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,388
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH paralysent
Nearest frequency peer: paralysent (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “paramédical”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pancake
pancake
34,617 corpus weight
- paradisiaqu…
paradisiaques
34,615 corpus weight
- paralysent
paralysent
34,614 corpus weight
- paramédical
paramédical
34,613 corpus weight
- paratonnerre
paratonnerre
34,612 corpus weight
- parleraient
parleraient
34,610 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “paramédical” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paramédical |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.me.di.kal\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #65,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paramédical” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paramédical is uncommon French at frequency #65,388 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.ʁa.me.di.kal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for paramédical in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is paramédical, spelled P-A-R-A-M-É-D-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Se dit des actes médicaux ne relevant pas des médecins, et se dit aussi des professions médicales autres que les médecins, vétérinaires et dentistes, comme par exemple les masseurs-kinésithérapeutes, les orthophonistes…
- 2Se dit des produits vendus en pharmacie ou en grande surface et qui ne sont pas des médicaments.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paramédical", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.