pram
\pʁam\
The verdict
“pram” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Landau, voiture d’enfant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pram · pram · French
pram · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pram |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁam\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pram » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pram is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Landau, voiture d’enfant.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pram, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 pram, spelled P-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1Landau, voiture d’enfant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pram appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il circulait avec aisance parmi les débardages de livreurs et les trottinettes, les prams d’enfants, évitait le monsieur distrait qui marchait en lisant son journal, esquivait les couples enlacés, naviguait admirablement entre le béquillard à béret basque, les nurses bavardes et la dame qui tirait sur la laisse du chien constipé.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.