paranoïde
\pa.ʁa.nɔ.id\
The verdict
“paranoïde” is uncommon French (frequency #82,316 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,316
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relevant d’une schizophrénie à multiples délires incohérents.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paranoide · paranoïde · French
paranoïde · rank #82,316 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,316
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH paralysies
Nearest frequency peer: paralysies (-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 “paranoïde”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- paraguayen
paraguayen
17,687 corpus weight
- paralysies
paralysies
17,686 corpus weight
- paranoïde
paranoïde
17,685 corpus weight
- parascolair…
parascolaires
17,684 corpus weight
- parlèrent
parlèrent
17,683 corpus weight
- PCV
PCV
17,682 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “paranoïde” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paranoïde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.nɔ.id\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paranoïde” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paranoïde is uncommon French at frequency #82,316 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.ʁa.nɔ.id\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relevant d’une schizophrénie à multiples délires incohérents.".
paranoïde doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is paranoïde, spelled P-A-R-A-N-O-Ï-D-E.
Definition
- 1Relevant d’une schizophrénie à multiples délires incohérents.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paranoïde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si absurde qu’elle soit, la présence au Vatican d’un professeur de Harvard n’avait fait qu’aggraver le délire paranoïde des Illuminati, […].
Je n’affirme pas que tous les Européens adhèrent au mythe paranoïaque de l’islamisation, mais que règne une atmosphère paranoïde et nauséabonde qui, débordant largement le périmètre de l’extrême droite, touche, à des degrés divers, une grande partie d’entre eux.
This word in other languages
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 "paranoïde", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 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.