paranoïa
\pa.ʁa.no.ja\
The verdict
“paranoïa” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,931. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,931
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Psychose caractérisée par la surestimation du moi et un délire interprétatif construit sur une perception faussée de la réalité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paranoia · paranoïa · French
paranoïa · rank #19,931 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,931
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH parages
Nearest frequency peer: parages (-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 « paranoïa »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- pandémie
pandémie
80,073 corpus weight
- panthère
panthère
80,072 corpus weight
- parages
parages
80,071 corpus weight
- paranoïa
paranoïa
80,070 corpus weight
- partitions
partitions
80,069 corpus weight
- passagère
passagère
80,068 corpus weight
What this shows « paranoïa » 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 | paranoïa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.no.ja\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paranoïa »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around paranoïa (IPA \pa.ʁa.no.ja\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,931 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for paranoïa, with forms such as "apranoïa", "paarnoïa", and "parannoïa". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "parano", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is paranoïa, spelled P-A-R-A-N-O-Ï-A.
Definition
- 1Psychose caractérisée par la surestimation du moi et un délire interprétatif construit sur une perception faussée de la réalité.
- 2Méfiance exagérée et maladive ressentie envers les autres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paranoïa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Freud range dans la paranoïa le délire des grandeurs.
La psychose, elle, est un état chronique de pétage de plombs qui vous fait prendre des vessies pour des lanternes. Les deux principales psychoses sont la schizophrénie et la paranoïa.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apranoïa
- paarnoïa
- parannoïa
- paranoaï
- paranïoa
- paraonïa
- parnaoïa
- parranoïa
- pparanoïa
- praanoïa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paranoïa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).