paraplégiques

\pa.ʁa.ple.ʒik\

/\pa.ʁa.ple.ʒik\/ adj

The verdict

“paraplégiques” is uncommon French (frequency #90,008 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,008
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de paraplégique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-paraplegiques · paraplégiques · French

paraplégiques · rank #90,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,008
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paramédicales

Nearest frequency peer: paramédicales (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « paraplégiques »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « paraplégiques » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for paraplégiques
PropertyValue
Headwordparaplégiques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pa.ʁa.ple.ʒik\
Letters13
Frequency rank#90,008
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « paraplégiques » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).paraplégiquestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « paramédicales » (#90,007), « parenchyme » (#90,009), « Parisian » (#90,010). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « paraplégiques » est au #90,008. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

paraplégiques is uncommon French at frequency #90,008 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.ʁa.ple.ʒik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de paraplégique.".

paraplégiques has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is paraplégiques, spelled P-A-R-A-P-L-É-G-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de paraplégique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how paraplégiques appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le docteur Ludwig Guttmann organise un tournoi d’épreuves sportives à destination de ses patients paraplégiques dans l’espoir de favoriser leur rétablissement.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "paraplégiques"?
"paraplégiques" is spelled P-A-R-A-P-L-É-G-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pa.ʁa.ple.ʒik\.
What does "paraplégiques" mean?
As an adjective, "paraplégiques" means: Pluriel de paraplégique.
How do you pronounce "paraplégiques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "paraplégiques" is \pa.ʁa.ple.ʒik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "paraplégiques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list