Prague

\pʁaɡ\

/\pʁaɡ\/ name

The verdict

“Prague” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,105
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de la République tchèque, et anciennement capitale de la Tchécoslovaquie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prague · Prague · French

Prague · rank #11,105 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,105
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pompier

Nearest frequency peer: pompier (-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 « Prague »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Prague » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Prague vs proue
50% similar
Prague vs prévue
50% similar
Prague vs promue
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Prague
PropertyValue
HeadwordPrague
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pʁaɡ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,105
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Prague »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Praguese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pompier » (#11,104), « prairies » (#11,106), « polaire » (#11,103). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Prague » est au #11,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Prague (IPA \pʁaɡ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,105 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Prague, with forms such as "pargue", "pprague", and "prageu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "proue", "prévue", "promue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Prague, spelled P-R-A-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capitale de la République tchèque, et anciennement capitale de la Tchécoslovaquie.
  2. 2
    Le gouvernement tchèque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Prague appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les Allemands sont à Prague, Hitler au Hradschin…
  2. "Mais à Prague, rien n’est fini !".

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pargue
  • pprague
  • prageu
  • praggue
  • prauge
  • prgaue
  • prrague
  • rpague

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Prague - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pargue2pprague1prageu2praggue1prauge2prgaue2prrague1rpague2
Edit distance from "Prague"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Prague"?
"Prague" is spelled P-R-A-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁaɡ\.
What does "Prague" mean?
As a proper noun, "Prague" means: Capitale de la République tchèque, et anciennement capitale de la Tchécoslovaquie.
What words are commonly confused with "Prague"?
"Prague" is commonly confused with "proue", "prévue", "promue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Prague"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Prague" is \pʁaɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Prague" come from?
"Prague" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Prague", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list