promouvoir

\pʁɔ.mu.vwaʁ\

/\pʁɔ.mu.vwaʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“promouvoir” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,604
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élever à quelque grade, à quelque dignité d’un rang supérieur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-promouvoir · promouvoir · French

promouvoir · rank #4,604 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,604
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pourrez

Nearest frequency peer: pourrez (-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 « promouvoir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « promouvoir » 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
Key facts for promouvoir
PropertyValue
Headwordpromouvoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɔ.mu.vwaʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,604
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « promouvoir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).promouvoirse 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 « pourrez » (#4,603), « propagande » (#4,605), « poule » (#4,602). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « promouvoir » est au #4,604. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around promouvoir (IPA \pʁɔ.mu.vwaʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,604 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for promouvoir, with forms such as "pormouvoir", "ppromouvoir", and "prmoouvoir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is promouvoir, spelled P-R-O-M-O-U-V-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élever à quelque grade, à quelque dignité d’un rang supérieur.
  2. 2
    Provoquer le développement ou le succès d’un projet, d’une création.
  3. 3
    Inciter par la promotion à l’achat de quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Mouvoir en avant, tendre.
  5. 5
    Remplacer (un pion qui a atteint le dernier rang de l'échiquier) par une reine (le plus souvent), une tour, un fou ou un chevalier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a été promu au grade supérieur.
  2. Ce prince fut promu à l’empire.

Synonyms

promotionner

Antonyms

dégrader

This word in other languages

promote(English)fomentar(Español)befördern(Deutsch)promover(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pormouvoir
  • ppromouvoir
  • prmoouvoir
  • prommouvoir
  • promouovir
  • promouvior
  • promouvoirr
  • promouvori
  • promouvvoir
  • promovuoir
  • promuovoir
  • proomuvoir
  • prromouvoir
  • rpomouvoir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pormouvoir2ppromouvoir1prmoouvoir2prommouvoir1promouovir2promouvior2promouvoirr1promouvori2
Edit distance from "promouvoir"

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 "promouvoir"?
"promouvoir" is spelled P-R-O-M-O-U-V-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.mu.vwaʁ\.
What does "promouvoir" mean?
As a verb, "promouvoir" means: Élever à quelque grade, à quelque dignité d’un rang supérieur.
What are common misspellings of "promouvoir"?
Common misspellings include "pormouvoir", "ppromouvoir", "prmoouvoir", "prommouvoir", "promouovir". The correct spelling is "promouvoir".
How do you pronounce "promouvoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "promouvoir" is \pʁɔ.mu.vwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "promouvoir" come from?
"promouvoir" 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 "promouvoir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

propagande#4,605permanence#4,597originaire#4,594ordonnance#4,593

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

apparaissent14 variantsclimatique14 variantscentrales14 variantsclientèle14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list