prodigue

\pʁɔ.diɡ\

/\pʁɔ.diɡ\/ adj

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The verdict

“prodigue” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,483
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui dissipe son bien en libéralités excessives, en dépenses déraisonnables.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prodigue · prodigue · French

prodigue · rank #26,483 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,483
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH proclamée

Nearest frequency peer: proclamée (-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 « prodigue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prodigue » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

prodigue vs prologue
75% similar
prodigue vs prodiguer
89% similar
prodigue vs prodigués
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for prodigue
PropertyValue
Headwordprodigue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁɔ.diɡ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,483
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prodigue »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).prodiguese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « proclamée » (#26,482), « profitera » (#26,484), « prendrez » (#26,481). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prodigue » est au #26,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around prodigue (IPA \pʁɔ.diɡ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,483 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prodigue, with forms such as "pordigue", "pprodigue", and "prdoigue". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "prologue", "prodiguer", "prodigués", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 prodigue, spelled P-R-O-D-I-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui dissipe son bien en libéralités excessives, en dépenses déraisonnables.
  2. 2
    En bonne part, celui qui fait de grands sacrifices pour l’utilité d’autrui.
  3. 3
    Qui distribue en abondance.
  4. 4
    Qui donne des conseils à la légère.
  5. 5
    Qui aime à se donner en spectacle.
  6. 6
    Il se dit aussi d’une personne qui ne sait pas tenir sa parole.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il n’est pas libéral, il est prodigue.
  2. Prodigue de son bien et du bien des autres.

Synonyms

généreuxabondantdépensierbonlargedissipateur

This word in other languages

prodigal(English)verschwenderisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pordigue
  • pprodigue
  • prdoigue
  • proddigue
  • prodgiue
  • prodigeu
  • prodiggue
  • prodiuge
  • proidgue
  • prrodigue
  • rpodigue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prodigue - 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.

pordigue2pprodigue1prdoigue2proddigue1prodgiue2prodigeu2prodiggue1prodiuge2
Edit distance from "prodigue"

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 "prodigue"?
"prodigue" is spelled P-R-O-D-I-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.diɡ\.
What does "prodigue" mean?
As an adjective, "prodigue" means: Qui dissipe son bien en libéralités excessives, en dépenses déraisonnables.
What words are commonly confused with "prodigue"?
"prodigue" is commonly confused with "prologue", "prodiguer", "prodigués". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prodigue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prodigue" is \pʁɔ.diɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prodigue" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prendrez#26,481pointeur#26,475Perceval#26,466penguins#26,465

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

prussienne11 variantsponctué11 variantsremettait11 variantsressaisir11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list