Procyon
\pʁo.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“Procyon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étoile la plus brillante de la constellation du Petit Chien et la septième plus brillante du ciel nocturne.
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Index FR-procyon · Procyon · French
Procyon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Procyon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \pʁo.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Procyon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pʁo.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étoile la plus brillante de la constellation du Petit Chien et la septième plus brillante du ciel nocturne.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Procyon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Procyon, spelled P-R-O-C-Y-O-N.
Definition
- 1Étoile la plus brillante de la constellation du Petit Chien et la septième plus brillante du ciel nocturne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Procyon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La nuit tombe. L’œil de l’homme discerne les étoiles de sixième grandeur. Procyon brille d’un éclat humide. Il voit son chien dans les constellations.
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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.