paroxysme
\pa.ʁɔk.sism\
The verdict
“paroxysme” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,071
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moment où les symptômes d’une maladie ou d’un état morbide sont le plus aigus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-paroxysme · paroxysme · French
paroxysme · rank #25,071 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,071
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH papilles
Nearest frequency peer: papilles (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « paroxysme »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Ouattara
Ouattara
74,933 corpus weight
- pamphlet
pamphlet
74,932 corpus weight
- papilles
papilles
74,931 corpus weight
- paroxysme
paroxysme
74,930 corpus weight
- partners
partners
74,929 corpus weight
- pensiez
pensiez
74,928 corpus weight
What this shows « paroxysme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paroxysme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ʁɔk.sism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « paroxysme »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around paroxysme (IPA \pa.ʁɔk.sism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,071 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for paroxysme, with forms such as "aproxysme", "paorxysme", and "paroxsyme". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is paroxysme, spelled P-A-R-O-X-Y-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Moment où les symptômes d’une maladie ou d’un état morbide sont le plus aigus.
- 2Le moment le plus aigu, d’une sensation, d’un sentiment, d’une passion, d'un événement ou phénomène.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paroxysme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Freind, en parlant de Petrus Salimis, rapporte plusieurs exemples où, par l’intermittence du pouls, ce médecin prédisait certaines syncopes, dont il prévenait les paroxysmes par la saignée et par d'autres remèdes […].
En se voyant trahie, abandonnée pour des millions, Éléonore était en proie à un paroxysme de rage, de haine et de méchanceté froide.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aproxysme
- paorxysme
- paroxsyme
- paroxxysme
- paroxymse
- paroxysem
- paroxysmme
- paroxyssme
- paroxyysme
- paroyxsme
- parroxysme
- parxoysme
- pparoxysme
- praoxysme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paroxysme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Similar misspelling depth
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