pronom

\pʁɔ.nɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.nɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“pronom” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,733
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot-outil qui peut prendre la place d’un syntagme nominal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pronom · pronom · French

pronom · rank #21,733 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,733
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH promeut

Nearest frequency peer: promeut (-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 « pronom »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pronom » 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).

pronom vs proof
67% similar
pronom vs propos
67% similar
pronom vs Proton
50% similar

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

Key facts for pronom
PropertyValue
Headwordpronom
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.nɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,733
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pronom »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pronomse 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 « promeut » (#21,732), « propension » (#21,734), « prospérer » (#21,735). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pronom » est au #21,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pronom (IPA \pʁɔ.nɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,733 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mot-outil qui peut prendre la place d’un syntagme nominal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pronom, with forms such as "pornom", "ppronom", and "prnoom". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "proof", "propos", "Proton", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pronom, spelled P-R-O-N-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mot-outil qui peut prendre la place d’un syntagme nominal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans la phrase il est grand, il est un pronom personnel utilisé par exemple au lieu de l’homme.
  2. Le français n’est d’ailleurs pas la seule langue qui a vécu des vagues de masculinisation : l’anglais a vécu quelque chose de semblable avec son pronom he [« il »] devenu soudain générique à la fin du XIXe siècle.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pornom
  • ppronom
  • prnoom
  • pronmo
  • pronnom
  • pronomm
  • proonm
  • prronom
  • rponom

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pornom2ppronom1prnoom2pronmo2pronnom1pronomm1proonm2prronom1
Edit distance from "pronom"

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 "pronom"?
"pronom" is spelled P-R-O-N-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.nɔ̃\.
What does "pronom" mean?
As a noun, "pronom" means: Mot-outil qui peut prendre la place d’un syntagme nominal.
What words are commonly confused with "pronom"?
"pronom" is commonly confused with "proof", "propos", "Proton". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pronom"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pronom" is \pʁɔ.nɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pronom" come from?
"pronom" 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 "pronom", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list