procrastiner

\pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.ne\

/\pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.ne\/ verb

The verdict

“procrastiner” is uncommon French (frequency #78,752 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,752
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reporter au lendemain, remettre à plus tard quelque chose

Corpus desk

Index FR-procrastiner · procrastiner · French

procrastiner · rank #78,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,752
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH professent

Nearest frequency peer: professent (+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 « procrastiner »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « procrastiner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for procrastiner
PropertyValue
Headwordprocrastiner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.ne\
Letters12
Frequency rank#78,752
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « procrastiner » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.procrastinertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « professent » (#78,753), « professer » (#78,754), « progiciels » (#78,755). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « procrastiner » est au #78,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

procrastiner is uncommon French at frequency #78,752 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reporter au lendemain, remettre à plus tard quelque chose".

Zero misspellings are on record for procrastiner in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 procrastiner, spelled P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reporter au lendemain, remettre à plus tard quelque chose

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si vous croyez que Dieu tarde trop, attendez le, & asseurez vous qu’il viendra, & qu’il n’arrestera pas. Il vous est advis qu’il procrastine, mais en vérité non fait.
  2. Sa difficulté à choisir, à se décider, le fait parfois attendre jusqu’au dernier moment : il procrastine, selon le mot de Proust (= repousse au lendemain).

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "procrastiner"?
"procrastiner" is spelled P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.ne\.
What does "procrastiner" mean?
As a verb, "procrastiner" means: Reporter au lendemain, remettre à plus tard quelque chose
How do you pronounce "procrastiner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "procrastiner" is \pʁɔ.kʁas.ti.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list