produire

/\pʁɔ.dɥiʁ\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,969

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

produire is aFrenchverb. It means: Engendrer ; donner naissance. Pronounced \pʁɔ.dɥiʁ\. It ranks #1,969 in French word frequency. Often confused with produit and produis.

Key facts for produire
PropertyValue
Headwordproduire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɔ.dɥiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,969
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of produire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for produire is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɔ.dɥiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,969 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for produire, with forms such as "porduire", "pproduire", and "prdouire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "produit", "produis", "produits", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is produire, spelled P-R-O-D-U-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Engendrer ; donner naissance.
  2. 2
    Se reproduire, engendrer.
  3. 3
    Porter, offrir en parlant de la terre, d’un pays, d’un arbre, etc.
  4. 4
    Rapporter, donner du profit en parlant d'une charge, d’un emploi, d’une somme d’argent, etc.
  5. 5
    Faire, composer, créer.
  6. 6
    Financer (un film, un spectacle…).
  7. 7
    Causer ; amener ; procurer.
  8. 8
    Exposer à la vue ; soumettre à la connaissance, à l’examen.
  9. 9
    Donner par écrit les moyens qu’on a pour soutenir sa cause, avec les justificatifs.
  10. 10
    Introduire ; faire connaître.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porduire,pproduire,prdouire,prodduire,prodiure,produier,produirre,produrie,proudire,prroduire,rpoduire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for produire

Misspelling Variants of "produire"

porduire8pproduire9prdouire8prodduire9prodiure8produier8produirre9produrie8
Misspelling Variants of "produire"

Frequency rank: #1,969 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "produire"?
"produire" is spelled P-R-O-D-U-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.dɥiʁ\.
What does "produire" mean?
As a verb, "produire" means: Engendrer ; donner naissance.
What words are commonly confused with "produire"?
"produire" is commonly confused with "produit", "produis", "produits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "produire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "produire" is \pʁɔ.dɥiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "produire" come from?
"produire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.