prolifique

\pʁɔ.li.fik\

/\pʁɔ.li.fik\/ adj

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The verdict

“prolifique” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,337
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a le pouvoir d’engendrer, la faculté de se multiplier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prolifique · prolifique · French

prolifique · rank #24,337 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,337
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH programmés

Nearest frequency peer: programmés (-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 « prolifique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prolifique » 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).

prolifique vs politique
80% similar

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

Key facts for prolifique
PropertyValue
Headwordprolifique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁɔ.li.fik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#24,337
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prolifique »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.prolifiquese 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 « programmés » (#24,336), « promulgation » (#24,338), « professionnellement » (#24,335). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prolifique » est au #24,337. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around prolifique (IPA \pʁɔ.li.fik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,337 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for prolifique, with forms such as "porlifique", "pprolifique", and "prloifique". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "politique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prolifique, spelled P-R-O-L-I-F-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a le pouvoir d’engendrer, la faculté de se multiplier.
  2. 2
    Producteur de beaucoup de travaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'U.R.S.S. est assez prolifique pour permettre sans qu'il y paraisse des coupes sombres parmi le cheptel humain.
  2. Ce Madrilène, né en 1940, a à son actif, au moment du tournage de ¡ Ay Carmela !, une prolifique carrière d'humoriste, au café-théâtre, au théâtre, au cinéma et à la télévision ( avec son interprétation du personnage de El currante ).

Synonyms

fécondproductifprolifère

This word in other languages

prolific(English)prolífico(Español)produktiv(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porlifique
  • pprolifique
  • prloifique
  • proilfique
  • prolfiique
  • proliffique
  • prolifiqeu
  • prolifiqque
  • prolifiuqe
  • prolifqiue
  • proliifque
  • prollifique
  • prrolifique
  • rpolifique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porlifique2pprolifique1prloifique2proilfique2prolfiique2proliffique1prolifiqeu2prolifiqque1
Edit distance from "prolifique"

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 "prolifique"?
"prolifique" is spelled P-R-O-L-I-F-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.li.fik\.
What does "prolifique" mean?
As an adjective, "prolifique" means: Qui a le pouvoir d’engendrer, la faculté de se multiplier.
What words are commonly confused with "prolifique"?
"prolifique" is commonly confused with "politique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prolifique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prolifique" is \pʁɔ.li.fik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prolifique" come from?
"prolifique" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

programmés#24,336perturbant#24,323renforcées#24,362romancière#24,372

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

paroissiens14 variantsremontées14 variantsrestantes14 variantsmonastique14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list