progressives

\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.siv\

/\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.siv\/ adj

The verdict

“progressives” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,463. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,463
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de progressif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-progressives · progressives · French

progressives · rank #41,463 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,463
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pressoir

Nearest frequency peer: pressoir (-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 « progressives »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « progressives » 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).

progressives vs progressive
92% similar
progressives vs progressifs
83% similar
progressives vs progressions
83% similar

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

Key facts for progressives
PropertyValue
Headwordprogressives
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.siv\
Letters12
Frequency rank#41,463
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « progressives »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).progressivesse 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 « pressoir » (#41,462), « prompte » (#41,464), « prop » (#41,465). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « progressives » est au #41,463. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around progressives (IPA \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.siv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,463 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de progressif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for progressives, with forms such as "porgressives", "pprogressives", and "prgoressives". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "progressive", "progressifs", "progressions", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented 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 progressives, spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de progressif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Par ailleurs, les variations des différents indices typologiques sont plus progressives que pour l’outillage "solutréanisé".

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porgressives
  • pprogressives
  • prgoressives
  • progerssives
  • proggressives
  • progresisves
  • progresives
  • progressievs
  • progressivess
  • progressivse
  • progressivves
  • progressvies
  • progrressives
  • progrsesives
  • prorgessives
  • prrogressives
  • rpogressives

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of progressives - 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.

porgressives2pprogressives1prgoressives2progerssives2proggressives1progresisves2progresives1progressievs2
Edit distance from "progressives"

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 "progressives"?
"progressives" is spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.siv\.
What does "progressives" mean?
As an adjective, "progressives" means: Féminin pluriel de progressif.
What words are commonly confused with "progressives"?
"progressives" is commonly confused with "progressive", "progressifs", "progressions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "progressives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "progressives" is \pʁɔ.ɡʁɛ.siv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "progressives" come from?
"progressives" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list