prohibitif

\pʁɔ.i.bi.tif\

/\pʁɔ.i.bi.tif\/ adj

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The verdict

“prohibitif” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,530. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,530
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui défend, qui interdit, qui restreint.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prohibitif · prohibitif · French

prohibitif · rank #47,530 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #47,530
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH produis

Nearest frequency peer: produis (-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 « prohibitif »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prohibitif » 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).

prohibitif vs prohibition
82% similar

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

Key facts for prohibitif
PropertyValue
Headwordprohibitif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁɔ.i.bi.tif\
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,530
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prohibitif »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.prohibitifse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « produis » (#47,529), « proportionné » (#47,531), « procédons » (#47,528). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prohibitif » est au #47,530. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around prohibitif (IPA \pʁɔ.i.bi.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,530 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for prohibitif, with forms such as "porhibitif", "pprohibitif", and "prhoibitif". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "prohibition", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is prohibitif, spelled P-R-O-H-I-B-I-T-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui défend, qui interdit, qui restreint.
  2. 2
    Qui est de nature à empêcher ou à interdire.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’un prix trop élevé qui éloigne les acheteurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les principes canoniques établissaient un empêchement prohibitif au mariage des catholiques avec les hérétiques.
  2. Enfin, c’est pas cool pour les habitants de Maastricht mais tout le monde sait que les lois prohibitives ne fonctionnent pas, c’est pas nouveau. Au moins, si cette expérience se relève être un échec, on pourra s’en servir comme argument.

This word in other languages

prohibitive(English)prohibitivo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porhibitif
  • pprohibitif
  • prhoibitif
  • prohbiitif
  • prohhibitif
  • prohibbitif
  • prohibiitf
  • prohibitfi
  • prohibitiff
  • prohibittif
  • prohibtiif
  • prohiibtif
  • proihbitif
  • prrohibitif
  • rpohibitif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porhibitif2pprohibitif1prhoibitif2prohbiitif2prohhibitif1prohibbitif1prohibiitf2prohibitfi2
Edit distance from "prohibitif"

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 "prohibitif"?
"prohibitif" is spelled P-R-O-H-I-B-I-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.i.bi.tif\.
What does "prohibitif" mean?
As an adjective, "prohibitif" means: Qui défend, qui interdit, qui restreint.
What words are commonly confused with "prohibitif"?
"prohibitif" is commonly confused with "prohibition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prohibitif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prohibitif" is \pʁɔ.i.bi.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prohibitif" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

proposerai#47,532presidente#47,526pourchassé#47,525postulants#47,523

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

procédons15 variantspréconçues15 variantspénicilline15 variantsrassurantes15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list