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 September 3, 2026) - Agent supérieur de l'État chargé des poursuites et de la bonne marche de la justice pénale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-procureur-general · procureur général · French
procureur général · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | 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) |
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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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how procureur général appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Canada et le Québec ont chacun leur procureur général.
Au Canada et au Québec, les fonctions de procureur général échoient au ministre de la Justice.
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.