paro
\pa.ʁo\
The verdict
“paro” is uncommon French (frequency #65,392 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,392
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fou, névrosé. Multiples sens mais généralement « paranoïaque ».
Corpus desk
Index FR-paro · paro · French
paro · rank #65,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,392
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH parleraient
Nearest frequency peer: parleraient (-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 « paro »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- paratonnerre
paratonnerre
34,612 corpus weight
- parleraient
parleraient
34,610 corpus weight
- paro
paro
34,609 corpus weight
- participera…
participerait
34,608 corpus weight
- partiraient
partiraient
34,607 corpus weight
- partnership
partnership
34,606 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « paro » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paro |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pa.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « paro » en français
Rare enough to double-check
paro is uncommon French at frequency #65,392 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pa.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fou, névrosé. Multiples sens mais généralement « paranoïaque ».".
paro has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 paro, spelled P-A-R-O.
Definition
- 1Fou, névrosé. Multiples sens mais généralement « paranoïaque ».
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
être paro : être prêt à n’importe quel événement
Y’a des mecs timides et discrets qui au fond sont de vrais paro, Semblent inoffensifs et distraits mais leurs secrets sont paro, Un mec qui parle peu souvent les gens le trouvent paro, Un mec qui t’en veux te donne des raisons d’être paro, Y’a des lâches qui se la jouent et veulent se faire passer pour des paro.
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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