prolongement

/\pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,895

in French word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

prolongement is aFrenchnoun. It means: Extension ou continuation de quelque portion d’étendue. Pronounced \pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\. It ranks #9,895 in French word frequency. Often confused with prolongent and prolongements.

Key facts for prolongement
PropertyValue
Headwordprolongement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#9,895
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of prolongement in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for prolongement is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,895 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for prolongement, with forms such as "porlongement", "pprolongement", and "prloongement". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "prolongent", "prolongements", "prolongeant", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is prolongement, spelled P-R-O-L-O-N-G-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extension ou continuation de quelque portion d’étendue.
  2. 2
    Continuation dans le temps.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porlongement,pprolongement,prloongement,prollongement,prolnogement,prolognement,prolonegment,prolongeemnt,prolongemennt,prolongementt,prolongemetn,prolongemment,prolongemnet,prolonggement,prolongmeent,prolonngement,proolngement,prrolongement,rpolongement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prolongement

Misspelling Variants of "prolongement"

porlongement12pprolongement13prloongement12prollongement13prolnogement12prolognement12prolonegment12prolongeemnt12
Misspelling Variants of "prolongement"

Frequency rank: #9,895 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prolongement"?
"prolongement" is spelled P-R-O-L-O-N-G-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\.
What does "prolongement" mean?
As a noun, "prolongement" means: Extension ou continuation de quelque portion d’étendue.
What words are commonly confused with "prolongement"?
"prolongement" is commonly confused with "prolongent", "prolongements", "prolongeant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prolongement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prolongement" is \pʁɔ.lɔ̃ʒ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prolongement" come from?
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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.