progressif

\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif\

/\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif\/ adj

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The verdict

“progressif” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,052. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,052
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui porte en avant, qui relève du progrès.

Corpus desk

Index FR-progressif · progressif · French

progressif · rank #10,052 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,052
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH productif

Nearest frequency peer: productif (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « progressif »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « progressif » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

progressif vs progression
82% similar
progressif vs progressive
82% similar
progressif vs progressifs
91% similar

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

Key facts for progressif
PropertyValue
Headwordprogressif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif\
Letters10
Frequency rank#10,052
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « progressif »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).progressifse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « productif » (#10,051), « provocation » (#10,053), « price » (#10,050). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « progressif » est au #10,052. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around progressif (IPA \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,052 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for progressif, with forms such as "porgressif", "pprogressif", and "prgoressif". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "progression", "progressive", "progressifs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is progressif, spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui porte en avant, qui relève du progrès.
  2. 2
    Qualifie la marche, le mouvement en avant.
  3. 3
    Qui s’avance, qui se développe par degrés.
  4. 4
    Qualifie un impôt dont la proportion s’élève à mesure qu’augmente la grandeur de la chose imposée.
  5. 5
    Qui envahit successivement les différentes parties du corps.
  6. 6
    Verre progressif : verre correcteur monté sur des lunettes dont la puissance varie entre sa partie haute et sa partie basse, afin de corriger la presbytie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les lames de Tolède d’aujourd’hui valent donc celles d’autrefois ; le secret de la trempe n’est pas perdu, mais le secret de la forme : il ne manque vraiment aux ouvrages modernes que cette petite chose, si méprisée des gens progressifs, pour soutenir la comparaison avec les anciens, une épée moderne n’est qu’un outil, une épée du seizième siècle est à la…
  2. Les Barbares ne créèrent point de sociétés progressives ; ils étaient peu nom­breux et presque partout ils se substituèrent simplement aux anciens grands seigneurs, […].

Antonyms

régressif

This word in other languages

langsam(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porgressif
  • pprogressif
  • prgoressif
  • progerssif
  • proggressif
  • progresif
  • progresisf
  • progressfi
  • progressiff
  • progrressif
  • progrsesif
  • prorgessif
  • prrogressif
  • rpogressif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of progressif - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

porgressif2pprogressif1prgoressif2progerssif2proggressif1progresif1progresisf2progressfi2
Edit distance from "progressif"

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 "progressif"?
"progressif" is spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif\.
What does "progressif" mean?
As an adjective, "progressif" means: Qui porte en avant, qui relève du progrès.
What words are commonly confused with "progressif"?
"progressif" is commonly confused with "progression", "progressive", "progressifs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "progressif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "progressif" is \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.sif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "progressif" come from?
"progressif" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parallèles#10,044réciproque#10,067musculaire#10,035régulières#10,069

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

productif14 variantshypocrite14 variantsexpriment14 variantsdétection14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list