praline
/ˈpɹɑː.liːn/
"praline" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“praline” is uncommon English (frequency #80,772 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,772
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A confection made from almonds and other nuts, caramelized sugar, and sometimes milk or cream.
Corpus desk
Index EN-praline · praline · English
praline · rank #80,772 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,772
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH potentiometer
Nearest frequency peer: potentiometer (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “praline”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- portentous
portentous
19,233 corpus weight
- Porth
Porth
19,232 corpus weight
- potentiomet…
potentiometer
19,230 corpus weight
- praline
praline
19,229 corpus weight
- prematurity
prematurity
19,227 corpus weight
- prettiness
prettiness
19,226 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “praline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | praline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɑː.liːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “praline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
praline is uncommon English at frequency #80,772 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɹɑː.liːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A confection made from almonds and other nuts, caramelized sugar, and sometimes milk or cream.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for praline, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French praline. The correct English form is praline, spelled P-R-A-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A confection made from almonds and other nuts, caramelized sugar, and sometimes milk or cream.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how praline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A typical praline is roundish, about three inches in diameter and a half-inch thick. The taste is faintly regressive, reminiscent of the pleasure to be found in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich when one is ravenously hungry.
And so it is with praline, that crunchy, sweet, nut brittle that marries so irresistibly with chocolate.
Etymology
Borrowed from French praline.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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