prolixe
\pʁɔ.liks\
The verdict
“prolixe” is uncommon French (frequency #61,801 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,801
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est trop long, diffus, en parlant ou en écrivant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prolixe · prolixe · French
prolixe · rank #61,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,801
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH produisirent
Nearest frequency peer: produisirent (-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 « prolixe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pressaient
pressaient
38,203 corpus weight
- productivis…
productiviste
38,202 corpus weight
- produisirent
produisirent
38,201 corpus weight
- prolixe
prolixe
38,200 corpus weight
- propagées
propagées
38,199 corpus weight
- prophétiques
prophétiques
38,197 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prolixe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prolixe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.liks\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prolixe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prolixe is uncommon French at frequency #61,801 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁɔ.liks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est trop long, diffus, en parlant ou en écrivant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for prolixe, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 prolixe, spelled P-R-O-L-I-X-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est trop long, diffus, en parlant ou en écrivant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prolixe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si l’un était peu loquace, l’autre était volontiers bavard. D’après cela, on ne s’étonnera pas que les questions fussent très prolixes, et les réponses très brèves.
Parfois la liquidation des comptes frisait les moyens violents. C’était toujours un démêlé fort prolixe et souvent pénible, mais à notre époque de progrès on ne gagne pas sa vie sans batailler.
This word in other languages
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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