pratiquer

\pʁa.ti.ke\

/\pʁa.ti.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“pratiquer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,170. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,170
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en pratique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pratiquer · pratiquer · French

pratiquer · rank #5,170 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,170
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH plaques

Nearest frequency peer: plaques (-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 « pratiquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pratiquer » 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).

pratiquer vs pratiques
89% similar
pratiquer vs pratiquez
89% similar
pratiquer vs pratique
89% similar

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

Key facts for pratiquer
PropertyValue
Headwordpratiquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁa.ti.ke\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,170
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pratiquer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pratiquerse 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 « plaques » (#5,169), « prisonnier » (#5,171), « plaire » (#5,168). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pratiquer » est au #5,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around pratiquer (IPA \pʁa.ti.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,170 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pratiquer, with forms such as "partiquer", "ppratiquer", and "praitquer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "pratiques", "pratiquez", "pratique", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is pratiquer, spelled P-R-A-T-I-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre en pratique.
  2. 2
    Exercer, en parlant de certaines professions, de certains sports, de certains jeux.
  3. 3
    Observer les pratiques du culte.
  4. 4
    Employer un moyen.
  5. 5
    Exécuter une opération médicale ou chirurgicale.
  6. 6
    Ménager, trouver le moyen d’exécuter.
  7. 7
    Rendre praticable ; frayer un chemin, un sentier.
  8. 8
    Fréquenter, hanter.
  9. 9
    Suborner
  10. 10
    Ménager, en parlant des intelligences.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Voilà comment, dans ce pays, depuis un temps immémorial, les gens vivotaient heureux, pratiquant une espèce de communisme familial.
  2. L'instructeur américain, M. Griser, a obtenu là des résultats absolument remarquables qui démontrent, une fois de plus, la facilité avec laquelle on peut enseigner le crawl américain aux débutants qui n'ont jamais pratiqué de nages désuètes comme la brasse ou le trudgeon.

This word in other languages

practice(English)practicar(Español)üben(Deutsch)exercer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • partiquer
  • ppratiquer
  • praitquer
  • pratiqeur
  • pratiqquer
  • pratiquerr
  • pratiqure
  • pratiuqer
  • pratqiuer
  • prattiquer
  • prratiquer
  • prtaiquer
  • rpatiquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pratiquer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

partiquer2ppratiquer1praitquer2pratiqeur2pratiqquer1pratiquerr1pratiqure2pratiuqer2
Edit distance from "pratiquer"

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 "pratiquer"?
"pratiquer" is spelled P-R-A-T-I-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁa.ti.ke\.
What does "pratiquer" mean?
As a verb, "pratiquer" means: Mettre en pratique.
What words are commonly confused with "pratiquer"?
"pratiquer" is commonly confused with "pratiques", "pratiquez", "pratique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pratiquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pratiquer" is \pʁa.ti.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pratiquer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quiconque#5,175opérateur#5,159immeubles#5,144trimestre#5,198

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

prisonnier13 variantsexpertise13 variantsexercices13 variantsdésigner13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list