paranormal
/pɐ.ɾɐ.nɔɾ.ˈmaɫ/
The verdict
“paranormal” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #25,077 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #25,077
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se de acontecimentos ou fenômenos que são desconhecidos ou não explicados
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paranormal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɐ.ɾɐ.nɔɾ.ˈmaɫ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #25,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paranormal” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for paranormal is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɐ.ɾɐ.nɔɾ.ˈmaɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,077 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "diz-se de acontecimentos ou fenômenos que são desconhecidos ou não explicados".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for paranormal, with forms such as "apranormal", "paarnormal", and "parannormal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is paranormal, spelled P-A-R-A-N-O-R-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1diz-se de acontecimentos ou fenômenos que são desconhecidos ou não explicados
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apranormal,paarnormal,parannormal,paranomral,paranoraml,paranormall,paranormla,paranormmal,paranorrmal,paranromal,paraonrmal,parnaormal,parranormal,pparanormal,praanormal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paranormal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “paranormal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-R-A-N-O-R-M-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐ.ɾɐ.nɔɾ.ˈmaɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.