prodiguent

\pʁɔ.diɡ\

/\pʁɔ.diɡ\/ verb

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The verdict

“prodiguent” is uncommon French (frequency #85,162 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,162
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prodiguer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prodiguent · prodiguent · French

prodiguent · rank #85,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,162
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH projeta

Nearest frequency peer: projeta (+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 « prodiguent »

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 « prodiguent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prodiguent
PropertyValue
Headwordprodiguent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɔ.diɡ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#85,162
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « prodiguent » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « projeta » (#85,163), « prouverai » (#85,164), « privilégiait » (#85,159). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prodiguent » est au #85,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prodiguent is uncommon French at frequency #85,162 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɔ.diɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

prodiguent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is prodiguent, spelled P-R-O-D-I-G-U-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prodiguer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de prodiguer.

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 "prodiguent"?
"prodiguent" is spelled P-R-O-D-I-G-U-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.diɡ\.
What does "prodiguent" mean?
As a verb, "prodiguent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prodiguer.
How do you pronounce "prodiguent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prodiguent" is \pʁɔ.diɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prodiguent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prédictifs#85,165prévoyants#85,168pouffiasse#85,148putschiste#85,176

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list