procrastination

\pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“procrastination” has 23 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,111
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
23
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Penchant à différer, tendance à remettre au lendemain ou à plus tard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-procrastination · procrastination · French

procrastination · rank #44,111 · 23 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,111
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 23 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH probante

Nearest frequency peer: probante (-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 « procrastination »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « procrastination » 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
Key facts for procrastination
PropertyValue
Headwordprocrastination
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters15
Frequency rank#44,111
Misspellings tracked23
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « procrastination »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).procrastinationse 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 « probante » (#44,110), « pressées » (#44,109), « prem » (#44,108). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « procrastination » est au #44,111. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 23 spelling variants around procrastination (IPA \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,111 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Penchant à différer, tendance à remettre au lendemain ou à plus tard.
  2. 2
    Action de reporter, de remettre à plus tard ce qui pourrait être fait le moment même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je suis malheureusement un spécialiste de la procrastination.
  2. La paresse : la procrastination, ce refus d’accomplir les tâches nécessaires à une vie bien remplie.

Synonyms

indécisiondilatoireajournementatermoiementtemporisation

This word in other languages

procrastination(English)procrastinación(Español)Aufschieben(Deutsch)

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.

porcrastination2pprocrastination1prcorastination2procarstination2proccrastination1procrasitnation2procrasstination1procrastiantion2
Edit distance from "procrastination"

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 "procrastination"?
"procrastination" is spelled P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "procrastination" mean?
As a noun, "procrastination" means: Penchant à différer, tendance à remettre au lendemain ou à plus tard.
What are common misspellings of "procrastination"?
Common misspellings include "porcrastination", "pprocrastination", "prcorastination", "procarstination", "proccrastination". The correct spelling is "procrastination".
How do you pronounce "procrastination"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "procrastination" is \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "procrastination" come from?
"procrastination" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

personnalisable#44,089reconstitutions#44,133officialisation#44,073océanographique#44,072

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).

transfiguration23 variantsprotectionnistes23 variantsrépréhensibles23 variantsméticuleusement23 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list