prolongateur
\pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.tœʁ\
The verdict
“prolongateur” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ce qui prolonge quelque chose dans l'espace, le temps
| 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) |
Where “prolongateur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for prolongateur is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.tœʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “prolongateur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-O-L-O-N-G-A-T-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.tœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.