paramount
\ˈpæɹ.ə.maʊ̯nt\
The verdict
“paramount” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,521. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,521
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vital, primordial, considérable, majeur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paramount |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈpæɹ.ə.maʊ̯nt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paramount” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around paramount (IPA \ˈpæɹ.ə.maʊ̯nt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,521 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Vital, primordial, considérable, majeur.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for paramount, with forms such as "apramount", "paarmount", and "parammount". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is paramount, spelled P-A-R-A-M-O-U-N-T.
Definition
- 1Vital, primordial, considérable, majeur.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apramount
- paarmount
- parammount
- paramonut
- paramounnt
- paramountt
- paramoutn
- paramuont
- paraomunt
- parmaount
- parramount
- pparamount
- praamount
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paramount - 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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Using “paramount”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R-A-M-O-U-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈpæɹ.ə.maʊ̯nt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.