paranormaux
\pa.ʁa.nɔʁ.mo\
The verdict
“paranormaux” is uncommon French (frequency #56,162 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,162
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de paranormal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paranormaux · paranormaux · French
paranormaux · rank #56,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,162
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH pantoute
Nearest frequency peer: pantoute (-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 “paranormaux”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- paillard
paillard
43,842 corpus weight
- palabres
palabres
43,841 corpus weight
- pantoute
pantoute
43,840 corpus weight
- paranormaux
paranormaux
43,839 corpus weight
- paranoïaques
paranoïaques
43,838 corpus weight
- Paray
Paray
43,837 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “paranormaux” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paranormaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.nɔʁ.mo\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paranormaux” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
paranormaux is uncommon French at frequency #56,162 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.ʁa.nɔʁ.mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de paranormal.".
paranormaux has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is paranormaux, spelled P-A-R-A-N-O-R-M-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de paranormal.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paranormaux", 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.