parano
\pa.ʁa.no\
The verdict
“parano” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,649. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,649
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Susceptible et extrêmement méfiant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parano · parano · French
parano · rank #13,649 · 8 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,649
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH orientée
Nearest frequency peer: orientée (-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 « parano »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- nombreuse
nombreuse
86,355 corpus weight
- nœuds
nœuds
86,354 corpus weight
- orientée
orientée
86,353 corpus weight
- parano
parano
86,352 corpus weight
- parcelles
parcelles
86,351 corpus weight
- passaient
passaient
86,350 corpus weight
What this shows « parano » 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 | parano |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.no\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parano »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around parano (IPA \pa.ʁa.no\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,649 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Susceptible et extrêmement méfiant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for parano, with forms such as "aprano", "paarno", and "paranno". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "piano", "prado", "pardo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 parano, spelled P-A-R-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Susceptible et extrêmement méfiant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les multirécidivistes sont paranos, ils connaissent le travail de la police et font des contre-observations. À chaque fois qu'ils tombent, ils analysent en détail le dossier judiciaire pour connaître ce qui leur a été fatal, apprenant de leurs maladresses.
Mais la majorité de la population est restée sourde aux cris et aux hurlements des extrémistes des deux côtés. On n’a été ni délinquants ni paranos.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprano
- paarno
- paranno
- paraon
- parnao
- parrano
- pparano
- praano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parano - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).