prolepse
\pʁɔ.lɛps\
The verdict
“prolepse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figure de style par laquelle on va au-devant des objections de l’adversaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prolepse · prolepse · French
prolepse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | prolepse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.lɛps\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
prolepse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.lɛps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
prolepse has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prolepse, spelled P-R-O-L-E-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1Figure de style par laquelle on va au-devant des objections de l’adversaire.
- 2Anticipation, prénotion.
- 3Fait de placer un mot dans la proposition qui précède celle où il devrait normalement figurer.
- 4Saut en avant, saut dans le futur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prolepse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La prolepse est l’une des figures de construction qui présente le plus d'intérêt, du fait de la complexité de l’héritage qu’elle véhicule et de la difficulté qu’éprouvent les grammairiens à concilier les différentes traditions.
Épicure nomme prolepse ou prénotion, la trace laissée en notre corps et en notre esprit par une suite d'images identiques répétées plusieurs fois ou un souvenir des impressions passées.
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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.