praline
\pʁa.lin\
The verdict
“praline” is uncommon French (frequency #62,536 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,536
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Confiserie obtenue en rissolant une amande dans du sucre (appelé chouchou en Belgique).
Corpus desk
Index FR-praline · praline · French
praline · rank #62,536 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,536
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pourvoit
Nearest frequency peer: pourvoit (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « praline »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Politi
Politi
37,468 corpus weight
- porterez
porterez
37,467 corpus weight
- pourvoit
pourvoit
37,466 corpus weight
- praline
praline
37,465 corpus weight
- pressage
pressage
37,463 corpus weight
- preto
preto
37,462 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « praline » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | praline |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁa.lin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « praline » en français
Rare enough to double-check
praline is uncommon French at frequency #62,536 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁa.lin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
praline has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is praline, spelled P-R-A-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Confiserie obtenue en rissolant une amande dans du sucre (appelé chouchou en Belgique).
- 2Petite friandise au chocolat fourré vendue dans des ballotins, prisées en Belgique.
- 3Coup de poing.
- 4Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how praline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pralines grises, pralines rouges.
Et puis une des attractions du lieu était l’ours aux pralines : j’entrais souvent rien que pour lui rendre visite. Il était en porcelaine et habitait un coin de la cheminée, assis sur son arrière-train.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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