probité

\pʁɔ.bi.te\

/\pʁɔ.bi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“probité” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,985
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité d’une personne probe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-probite · probité · French

probité · rank #22,985 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,985
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH Princeton

Nearest frequency peer: Princeton (-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 « probité »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « probité » 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).

probité vs proie
57% similar
probité vs profit
71% similar
probité vs profité
86% similar

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

Key facts for probité
PropertyValue
Headwordprobité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.bi.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,985
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « probité »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).probitése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Princeton » (#22,984), « promettait » (#22,986), « prenantes » (#22,983). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « probité » est au #22,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around probité (IPA \pʁɔ.bi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,985 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for probité, with forms such as "porbité", "pprobité", and "prboité". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "proie", "profit", "profité", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is probité, spelled P-R-O-B-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité d’une personne probe.
  2. 2
    Droiture, bonne foi, honnêteté rigoureuse.
  3. 3
    Observation scrupuleuse des règles de la morale sociale, des devoirs imposés par la justice.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je vais lui proposer d'être ici notre régisseur. Je crois qu'il nous secondera avec probité, expérience.
  2. Quant à Latournelle, figurez-vous un bon petit homme, aussi rusé que la probité la plus pure le permet, et que tout étranger prendrait pour un fripon à voir l’étrange physionomie à laquelle le Havre s’est habitué.

Synonyms

honnêtetédroiture

This word in other languages

probity(English)probidad(Español)Redlichkeit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porbité
  • pprobité
  • prboité
  • probbité
  • probite
  • probitté
  • probiét
  • probtié
  • proibté
  • prrobité
  • rpobité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porbité2pprobité1prboité2probbité1probite1probitté1probiét2probtié2
Edit distance from "probité"

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 "probité"?
"probité" is spelled P-R-O-B-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.bi.te\.
What does "probité" mean?
As a noun, "probité" means: Qualité d’une personne probe.
What words are commonly confused with "probité"?
"probité" is commonly confused with "proie", "profit", "profité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "probité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "probité" is \pʁɔ.bi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "probité" come from?
"probité" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prefere#22,982prouvée#22,988prélats#22,991pérenne#22,995

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Penelope11 variantsparfaire11 variantsrésider11 variantssaucisson11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list