proéminence
\pʁɔ.e.mi.nɑ̃s\
The verdict
“proéminence” is uncommon French (frequency #90,069 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,069
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est proéminent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-proeminence · proéminence · French
proéminence · rank #90,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,069
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH propageait
Nearest frequency peer: propageait (-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 « proéminence »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- promptes
promptes
9,935 corpus weight
- prononcerait
prononcerait
9,934 corpus weight
- propageait
propageait
9,933 corpus weight
- proéminence
proéminence
9,932 corpus weight
- Précambrien
Précambrien
9,931 corpus weight
- précolombie…
précolombienne
9,930 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « proéminence » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proéminence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.e.mi.nɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #90,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « proéminence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
proéminence is uncommon French at frequency #90,069 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.e.mi.nɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for proéminence in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is proéminence, spelled P-R-O-É-M-I-N-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1État de ce qui est proéminent.
- 2Partie proéminente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how proéminence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais la proéminence des veines du front, […], annonçaient évidemment que la tempête n’était qu’assoupie et se réveillerait facilement.
La proéminence de l’arcade de l’œil, quoique très-élégamment coupée, obombre le regard et ajoute encore à cette mélancolie ….
Synonyms
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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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