prodigy
\ˈpɹɑd.ə.dʒi\
The verdict
“prodigy” is uncommon French (frequency #61,055 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,055
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Présage, augure, auspices.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prodigy · prodigy · French
prodigy · rank #61,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,055
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH precis
Nearest frequency peer: precis (-2 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 « prodigy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- poul
poul
38,950 corpus weight
- praticables
praticables
38,949 corpus weight
- precis
precis
38,948 corpus weight
- prodigy
prodigy
38,946 corpus weight
- prohibées
prohibées
38,944 corpus weight
- prolongeait
prolongeait
38,943 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prodigy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prodigy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpɹɑd.ə.dʒi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prodigy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prodigy is uncommon French at frequency #61,055 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpɹɑd.ə.dʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for prodigy, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prodigy, spelled P-R-O-D-I-G-Y.
Definition
- 1Présage, augure, auspices.
- 2Prodige, miracle, merveille.
- 3Enfant prodige, génie.
Synonyms
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.
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