protégée
pro·té·gée/ˈpɹoʊtəʒeɪ/noun
protégée is spelled P-R-O-T-É-G-É-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables (pro·té·gée). It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, protégée means “A female protégé” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of protégée is protegees or protégées.
How many letters and syllables are in protégée?
| Letters | 8: P-R-O-T-É-G-É-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: pro·té·gée |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 103,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is protégée?
Protégée appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce protégée?
- UK /ˈpɹɒtəʒeɪ/
- US /ˈpɹoʊtəʒeɪ/
Protégée has 3 syllables, split pro·té·gée in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-protegee.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with protégée?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as protégée from its last stressed vowel (/oʊtəʒeɪ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of protégée
- protegees plural
- protégées plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does protégée mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A female protégé.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of protégée.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does protégée come from?
Borrowed from French protégée.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).