prolate
\pʁɔ.lat\
The verdict
“prolate” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la forme d’une sphéroïde dont l’axe principal est choisi comme axe de rotation. De la forme d’un ballon de rugby.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prolate · prolate · French
prolate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prolate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.lat\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
prolate is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁɔ.lat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a la forme d’une sphéroïde dont l’axe principal est choisi comme axe de rotation. De la forme d’un ballon de rugby.".
Zero misspellings are on record for prolate in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is prolate, spelled P-R-O-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a la forme d’une sphéroïde dont l’axe principal est choisi comme axe de rotation. De la forme d’un ballon de rugby.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prolate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Déformation prolate.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.