procrastination
\pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“procrastination” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #44,111 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,111
- frequency rank, French
- 15
- letters
- 23
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Penchant à différer, tendance à remettre au lendemain ou à plus tard.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | procrastination |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #44,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “procrastination” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for procrastination is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #44,111 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for procrastination, with forms such as "porcrastination", "pprocrastination", and "prcorastination". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is procrastination, spelled P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Penchant à différer, tendance à remettre au lendemain ou à plus tard.
- 2Action de reporter, de remettre à plus tard ce qui pourrait être fait le moment même.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porcrastination,pprocrastination,prcorastination,procarstination,proccrastination,procrasitnation,procrasstination,procrastiantion,procrastinaiton,procrastinatino,procrastinationn,procrastinatoin,procrastinattion,procrastinnation,procrastintaion,procrastniation,procrasttination,procratsination,procrrastination,procrsatination,prorcastination,prrocrastination,rpocrastination
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of procrastination - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “procrastination”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.