promener

\pʁɔ.mə.ne\

/\pʁɔ.mə.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“promener” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,743. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,743
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mener, conduire, faire aller quelqu’un de côté ou d’autre, soit pour l’amuser, soit pour qu’il prenne de l’exercice.

Corpus desk

Index FR-promener · promener · French

promener · rank #7,743 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,743
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH portés

Nearest frequency peer: portés (-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 « promener »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « promener » 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).

promener vs prôner
63% similar
promener vs provenir
75% similar
promener vs proteger
75% similar

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

Key facts for promener
PropertyValue
Headwordpromener
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɔ.mə.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,743
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « promener »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).promenerse 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 « portés » (#7,742), « prostitution » (#7,744), « Poitiers » (#7,741). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « promener » est au #7,743. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around promener (IPA \pʁɔ.mə.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,743 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for promener, with forms such as "pormener", "ppromener", and "prmoener". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "prôner", "provenir", "proteger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is promener, spelled P-R-O-M-E-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mener, conduire, faire aller quelqu’un de côté ou d’autre, soit pour l’amuser, soit pour qu’il prenne de l’exercice.
  2. 2
    Faire une promenade.
  3. 3
    Se promener, faire une promenade.
  4. 4
    Faire aller ; porter de côté et d’autre.
  5. 5
    Abuser, lasser par des délais, par des promesses vaines, mener en bateau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Promener un enfant, un vieillard, un malade.
  2. Promener des étrangers par la ville, dans la ville, La leur faire parcourir, la leur faire voir.

This word in other languages

walk(English)pasear(Español)ausgehen(Deutsch)passear(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pormener
  • ppromener
  • prmoener
  • proemner
  • promeenr
  • promenerr
  • promenner
  • promenre
  • prommener
  • promneer
  • prromener
  • rpomener

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of promener - 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.

pormener2ppromener1prmoener2proemner2promeenr2promenerr1promenner1promenre2
Edit distance from "promener"

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 "promener"?
"promener" is spelled P-R-O-M-E-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.mə.ne\.
What does "promener" mean?
As a verb, "promener" means: Mener, conduire, faire aller quelqu’un de côté ou d’autre, soit pour l’amuser, soit pour qu’il prenne de l’exercice.
What words are commonly confused with "promener"?
"promener" is commonly confused with "prôner", "provenir", "proteger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "promener"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "promener" is \pʁɔ.mə.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "promener" come from?
"promener" 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 "promener", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Poitiers#7,741plateaux#7,738passions#7,736renommée#7,752

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

suffrages12 variantsinscrite12 variantsimposent12 variantséternité12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list