Prokofiev
The verdict
“Prokofiev” is uncommon French (frequency #59,552 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,552
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, surtout connu par le compositeur Sergueï Prokofiev.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prokofiev · Prokofiev · French
Prokofiev · rank #59,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,552
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH procédurale
Nearest frequency peer: procédurale (-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 « Prokofiev »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- primary
primary
40,453 corpus weight
- procédurale
procédurale
40,450 corpus weight
- Prokofiev
Prokofiev
40,449 corpus weight
- proliférer
proliférer
40,448 corpus weight
- prosaïque
prosaïque
40,447 corpus weight
- prédominent
prédominent
40,446 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Prokofiev » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Prokofiev |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Prokofiev » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Prokofiev is uncommon French at frequency #59,552 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille, surtout connu par le compositeur Sergueï Prokofiev.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Prokofiev in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Prokofiev, spelled P-R-O-K-O-F-I-E-V.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille, surtout connu par le compositeur Sergueï Prokofiev.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Prokofiev appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ayant adaptée à son propre tempérament, il la « latinise » ce qui n’est pas toujours un mal, étant donné que Prokofiev possédait une rigueur presque latine mais, chose plus grave, il la « chopinise ».
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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