prolongation

\pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“prolongation” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,536
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de prolonger, d’accorder un surcroît de durée ; Résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prolongation · prolongation · French

prolongation · rank #9,536 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,536
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH premièrement

Nearest frequency peer: premièrement (-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 « prolongation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prolongation » 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).

prolongation vs prorogation
83% similar
prolongation vs prolongations
92% similar

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

Key facts for prolongation
PropertyValue
Headwordprolongation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#9,536
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prolongation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).prolongationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « premièrement » (#9,535), « prolongée » (#9,537), « plates » (#9,534). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prolongation » est au #9,536. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around prolongation (IPA \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,536 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for prolongation, with forms such as "porlongation", "pprolongation", and "prloongation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "prorogation", "prolongations", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prolongation, spelled P-R-O-L-O-N-G-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de prolonger, d’accorder un surcroît de durée ; Résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Période de jeu supplémentaire, se déroulant après le temps règlementaire et permettant aux participants de désigner un vainqueur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après la prolongation de la trêve.
  2. Il a obtenu une prolongation de six mois.

Synonyms

prolong

This word in other languages

prolongation(English)prolongación(Español)Verlängerung(Deutsch)prorrogação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porlongation
  • pprolongation
  • prloongation
  • prollongation
  • prolnogation
  • prolognation
  • prolonagtion
  • prolongaiton
  • prolongatino
  • prolongationn
  • prolongatoin
  • prolongattion
  • prolonggation
  • prolongtaion
  • prolonngation
  • proolngation
  • prrolongation
  • rpolongation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prolongation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porlongation2pprolongation1prloongation2prollongation1prolnogation2prolognation2prolonagtion2prolongaiton2
Edit distance from "prolongation"

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 "prolongation"?
"prolongation" is spelled P-R-O-L-O-N-G-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "prolongation" mean?
As a noun, "prolongation" means: Action de prolonger, d’accorder un surcroît de durée ; Résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "prolongation"?
"prolongation" is commonly confused with "prorogation", "prolongations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prolongation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prolongation" is \pʁɔ.lɔ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prolongation" come from?
"prolongation" 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 "prolongation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

premièrement#9,535formellement#9,485commissaires#9,621compositions#9,623

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

impossibilité18 variantslicenciement18 variantsobservateurs18 variantsphiladelphie18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list