Probst
The verdict
“Probst” is uncommon French (frequency #84,192 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,192
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-probst · Probst · French
Probst · rank #84,192 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,192
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH probably
Nearest frequency peer: probably (-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 « Probst »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- promette
promette
15,806 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Probst » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Probst |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Probst » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Probst is uncommon French at frequency #84,192 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Probst in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Probst, spelled P-R-O-B-S-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Probst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Barbara Probst.
Jean-François Probst.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).