promulgation

\pʁɔ.myl.ɡa.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.myl.ɡa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“promulgation” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,338
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de promulguer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-promulgation · promulgation · French

promulgation · rank #24,338 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,338
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prolifique

Nearest frequency peer: prolifique (-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 « promulgation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « promulgation » 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 promulgation
PropertyValue
Headwordpromulgation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.myl.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#24,338
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « promulgation »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prolifique » (#24,337), « programmés » (#24,336), « prémunir » (#24,340). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « promulgation » est au #24,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around promulgation (IPA \pʁɔ.myl.ɡa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,338 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de promulguer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for promulgation, with forms such as "pormulgation", "ppromulgation", and "prmoulgation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is promulgation, spelled P-R-O-M-U-L-G-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de promulguer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Du 2 Frimaire, l'an 2 de la République. Sur la déclaration unanime du jury, portant : 1°. Qu'il n'est pas constant qu'il ait été tenu dans la ville de Brienon-sur-Armançon, département de l'Yonne, lors de la promulgation du décret portant abolition de la royauté, des propos tendant à provoquer l’avilissement de la représentation nationale et le rétablisse…
  2. Ce décret, rendu le 16, reçut, le 23, la sanction du conseil exécutif, qui le mit en vigueur huit jours après sa promulgation.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pormulgation
  • ppromulgation
  • prmoulgation
  • promlugation
  • prommulgation
  • promuglation
  • promulagtion
  • promulgaiton
  • promulgatino
  • promulgationn
  • promulgatoin
  • promulgattion
  • promulggation
  • promulgtaion
  • promullgation
  • proumlgation
  • prromulgation
  • rpomulgation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of promulgation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pormulgation2ppromulgation1prmoulgation2promlugation2prommulgation1promuglation2promulagtion2promulgaiton2
Edit distance from "promulgation"

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 "promulgation"?
"promulgation" is spelled P-R-O-M-U-L-G-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.myl.ɡa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "promulgation" mean?
As a noun, "promulgation" means: Action de promulguer.
What are common misspellings of "promulgation"?
Common misspellings include "pormulgation", "ppromulgation", "prmoulgation", "promlugation", "prommulgation". The correct spelling is "promulgation".
How do you pronounce "promulgation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "promulgation" is \pʁɔ.myl.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "promulgation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "promulgation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list