promeneur

\pʁɔm.nœʁ\

/\pʁɔm.nœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“promeneur” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,471. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,471
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui se promène.

Corpus desk

Index FR-promeneur · promeneur · French

promeneur · rank #39,471 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,471
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prodigués

Nearest frequency peer: prodigués (-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 « promeneur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « promeneur » 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).

promeneur vs promoteur
78% similar
promeneur vs prometteur
80% similar
promeneur vs promeneurs
90% similar

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

Key facts for promeneur
PropertyValue
Headwordpromeneur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔm.nœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#39,471
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « promeneur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.promeneurse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prodigués » (#39,470), « prometteuses » (#39,472), « procédera » (#39,469). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « promeneur » est au #39,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around promeneur (IPA \pʁɔm.nœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,471 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for promeneur, with forms such as "pormeneur", "ppromeneur", and "prmoeneur". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "promoteur", "prometteur", "promeneurs", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is promeneur, spelled P-R-O-M-E-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui se promène.
  2. 2
    Personne qui aime à se promener.
  3. 3
    Personne qui promène une autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire.
  2. Dès le matin, une longue file de promeneurs arrivait par la grande rue de Passy, et par les avenues du bois de Boulogne: ….

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pormeneur
  • ppromeneur
  • prmoeneur
  • proemneur
  • promeenur
  • promeneru
  • promeneurr
  • promenneur
  • promenuer
  • prommeneur
  • promneeur
  • prromeneur
  • rpomeneur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of promeneur - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

pormeneur2ppromeneur1prmoeneur2proemneur2promeenur2promeneru2promeneurr1promenneur1
Edit distance from "promeneur"

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 "promeneur"?
"promeneur" is spelled P-R-O-M-E-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔm.nœʁ\.
What does "promeneur" mean?
As a noun, "promeneur" means: Personne qui se promène.
What words are commonly confused with "promeneur"?
"promeneur" is commonly confused with "promoteur", "prometteur", "promeneurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "promeneur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "promeneur" is \pʁɔm.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "promeneur" come from?
"promeneur" 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 "promeneur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list