progénitures

\pʁɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\

/\pʁɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“progénitures” is uncommon French (frequency #91,053 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,053
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de progéniture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-progenitures · progénitures · French

progénitures · rank #91,053 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,053
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH profilait

Nearest frequency peer: profilait (-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 « progénitures »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for progénitures
PropertyValue
Headwordprogénitures
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#91,053
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « progénitures » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).progéniturestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « profilait » (#91,052), « promulgués » (#91,054), « princ » (#91,051). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « progénitures » est au #91,053. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

progénitures is uncommon French at frequency #91,053 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de progéniture.".

progénitures doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is progénitures, spelled P-R-O-G-É-N-I-T-U-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de progéniture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how progénitures appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bien plus, cette masse d’idées s’harmonia, s’anima, se personnifia presque et marcha dans les pays fantastiques où l’âme aime à laisser vagabonder ses folles progénitures.

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 "progénitures"?
"progénitures" is spelled P-R-O-G-É-N-I-T-U-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\.
What does "progénitures" mean?
As a noun, "progénitures" means: Pluriel de progéniture.
How do you pronounce "progénitures"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "progénitures" is \pʁɔ.ʒe.ni.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "progénitures" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list