parapsychologie
\pa.ʁa.psi.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
The verdict
“parapsychologie” is uncommon French (frequency #69,293 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,293
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discipline qui tente d'étudier expérimentalement des phénomènes considérés comme miraculeux, magiques ou occultes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parapsychologie · parapsychologie · French
parapsychologie · rank #69,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,293
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH partagerait
Nearest frequency peer: partagerait (+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 « parapsychologie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- paléographie
paléographie
30,711 corpus weight
- panis
panis
30,710 corpus weight
- parapsychol…
parapsychologie
30,708 corpus weight
- partagerait
partagerait
30,707 corpus weight
- partagions
partagions
30,706 corpus weight
- partions
partions
30,704 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « parapsychologie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parapsychologie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁa.psi.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #69,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « parapsychologie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
parapsychologie is uncommon French at frequency #69,293 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pa.ʁa.psi.kɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Discipline qui tente d'étudier expérimentalement des phénomènes considérés comme miraculeux, magiques ou occultes.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for parapsychologie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 parapsychologie, spelled P-A-R-A-P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Discipline qui tente d'étudier expérimentalement des phénomènes considérés comme miraculeux, magiques ou occultes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how parapsychologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais malgré le fait que la SPR et les nombreuses facultés de parapsychologie […] n'ont jamais réussi à produire une réelle preuve scientifique de son existence, l'idée de l'âme n'a jamais cessé d'être très présente dans la population en général.
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.
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