paralysis

Other forms of paralysis

plural

paralyses

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about paralysis

What does paralysis mean?

paralysis means "loss of the ability to move a body part".

How many syllables are in paralysis?

paralysis has 4 syllables: pa-ral-y-sis. The stress falls on "ral". In IPA it is /pɚˈæləsəs/.

What is another word for paralysis?

Close synonyms include palsy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is paralysis a common word?

paralysis is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with paralysis?

1 word rhymes with paralysis. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.