paronyme
French, noun/pa.ʁɔ.nim/
paronyme is spelled P-A-R-O-N-Y-M-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paronyme is a French feminine noun meaning “almost homonym” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mot dont la ressemblance (en particulier phonétique) avec un autre mot entraîne de fréquentes confusions”.
What does paronyme mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealmost homonym
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mot dont la ressemblance (en particulier phonétique) avec un autre mot entraîne de fréquentes confusions.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of paronyme
- paronymes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paronyme?
- /pa.ʁɔ.nim/
- \pa.ʁɔ.nim\
- [pa.ʁɔ.nim]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is paronyme in French?
paronyme appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).