procès-verbal
\pʁɔ.sɛ.vɛʁ.bal\
The verdict
“procès-verbal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acte par lequel un gendarme, un policier, un garde champêtre, etc., constate une contravention, un délit.
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Index FR-proces-verbal · procès-verbal · French
procès-verbal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- 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 | procès-verbal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.sɛ.vɛʁ.bal\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
procès-verbal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.sɛ.vɛʁ.bal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for procès-verbal, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is procès-verbal, spelled P-R-O-C-È-S---V-E-R-B-A-L.
Definition
- 1Acte par lequel un gendarme, un policier, un garde champêtre, etc., constate une contravention, un délit.
- 2Relation par laquelle une personne qualifiée constate un fait.
- 3Compte-rendu d’un fait par une personne qualifiée, de la séance d’une assemblée, d’une réunion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how procès-verbal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il assura sa table, s’assit devant, demanda la chandelle, que le docteur lui apporta, en enjambant par-dessus le cadavre, tira de sa poche un encrier, des plumes, du papier, et commença son procès-verbal.
Il se leva laborieusement, posa un fragment de corail sur son procès-verbal pour que l’alizé ne l'emportât point et, de la galerie, passa dans la maison, qu’il traversa.
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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.