procureur général
\pʁɔ.ky.ʁœʁ ʒe.ne.ʁal\
The verdict
“procureur général” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Agent supérieur de l'État chargé des poursuites et de la bonne marche de la justice pénale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | procureur général |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.ky.ʁœʁ ʒe.ne.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “procureur général” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
procureur général is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.ky.ʁœʁ ʒe.ne.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
procureur général has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is procureur général, spelled P-R-O-C-U-R-E-U-R- -G-É-N-É-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Agent supérieur de l'État chargé des poursuites et de la bonne marche de la justice pénale.
- 2Magistrat chargé du ministère public près d’une cour supérieure.
- 3Religieux chargé de représenter les intérêts de tout un ordre religieux auprès du pape et de la curie romaine.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “procureur général”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-R-O-C-U-R-E-U-R- -G-É-N-É-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.