produit

\pʁɔ.dɥi\

/\pʁɔ.dɥi\/ noun

The verdict

“produit” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #559 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#559
frequency rank, French
7
letters
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Résultat de l’activité humaine.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

produit vs prout
71% similar
produit vs profit
71% similar
produit vs Proust
57% similar

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

Key facts for produit
PropertyValue
Headwordproduit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.dɥi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#559
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “produit” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). produit lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for produit is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɔ.dɥi\. Corpus data places it at rank #559 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for produit, with forms such as "porduit", "pproduit", and "prdouit". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "prout", "profit", "Proust", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is produit, spelled P-R-O-D-U-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résultat de l’activité humaine.
  2. 2
    Ce que rapporte une charge, une terre, une ferme, une maison, etc., en argent, en denrées, en droits, etc.
  3. 3
    Ensemble de la production agricole ou industrielle, richesse, marchandise.
  4. 4
    Au cours d’une réaction chimique, composé qui résulte de l’interaction des réactifs et qui est décelable à la fin de la réaction.
  5. 5
    Chacun des biens, articles, services, prestations de service, logiciels, solutions informatiques, applications, etc. produits en série et proposés, commercialisés ou distribués sous son nom ou une nom de marque par une entreprise ou une organisation donnée, généralement sous la responsabilité d'un chef de produit.
  6. 6
    Ce que rapporte un bien.
  7. 7
    Résultat d’une multiplication. — Note d’usage : le mot “produit” peut être suivi de la préposition “de” et des facteurs du produit : les éléments sur lesquels opère la multiplication ; la préposition “par” peut séparer un premier facteur du second, ou des facteurs suivants.
  8. 8
    Résultat d’une opération multiplicative.
  9. 9
    Personne, considérée du point de vue de sa création, de son hérédité ou de son éducation.
  10. 10
    Progéniture, gosse, môme.
  11. 11
    Personne considérée du point de vue de son époque, de son lieu de naissance, de son environnement social.
  12. 12
    Partie maximale de deux choses, de telle sorte que toute chose qui est une partie des deux soit une partie du produit.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porduit,pproduit,prdouit,prodduit,prodiut,produitt,produti,proudit,prroduit,rpoduit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of produit - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

porduit2pproduit1prdouit2prodduit1prodiut2produitt1produti2proudit2
Edit distance from "produit"

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 "produit"?
"produit" is spelled P-R-O-D-U-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.dɥi\.
What does "produit" mean?
As a noun, "produit" means: Résultat de l’activité humaine.
What words are commonly confused with "produit"?
"produit" is commonly confused with "prout", "profit", "Proust". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "produit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "produit" is \pʁɔ.dɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "produit" come from?
"produit" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “produit”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-R-O-D-U-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pʁɔ.dɥi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “prout” - see the side-by-side comparison. produit vs prout
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list