probably
\ˈpɹɒb.ə.bli\
The verdict
“probably” is uncommon French (frequency #84,191 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,191
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Probablement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-probably · probably · French
probably · rank #84,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,191
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH proa
Nearest frequency peer: proa (-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 « probably »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- preste
preste
15,813 corpus weight
- proa
proa
15,811 corpus weight
- probably
probably
15,810 corpus weight
- Probst
Probst
15,809 corpus weight
- procura
procura
15,808 corpus weight
- projetons
projetons
15,807 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « probably » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | probably |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ˈpɹɒb.ə.bli\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « probably » en français
Rare enough to double-check
probably is uncommon French at frequency #84,191 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ˈpɹɒb.ə.bli\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Probablement.".
probably doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is probably, spelled P-R-O-B-A-B-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Probablement.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).