prolongateur
\pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.tœʁ\
The verdict
“prolongateur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui prolonge quelque chose dans l'espace, le temps
Corpus desk
Index FR-prolongateur · prolongateur · French
prolongateur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | prolongateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prolongateur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prolongateur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
prolongateur has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prolongateur, spelled P-R-O-L-O-N-G-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Ce qui prolonge quelque chose dans l'espace, le temps
- 2Fil électrique muni d’une prise mâle à un bout et femelle à l'autre, parfois couplé à une multiprise, et qui sert à relier au courant un appareil éloigné d’une prise électrique.
- 3Extension du guidon du vélo, avec deux barres vers l'avant et des repose-bras, permettant un gain en aérodynamisme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prolongateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Petits prolongateurs [pour ongles] en plastique
Prolongateur d'autonomie.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.