prononcer

\pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se\

/\pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“prononcer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,971
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proférer, articuler les sons, les syllabes, les mots, en exprimer les prononciations.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prononcer · prononcer · French

prononcer · rank #4,971 · 14 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,971
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prestations

Nearest frequency peer: prestations (-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 « prononcer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prononcer » 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).

prononcer vs prononcés
78% similar
prononcer vs prononcez
89% similar
prononcer vs prononcera
90% similar

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

Key facts for prononcer
PropertyValue
Headwordprononcer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,971
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prononcer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).prononcerse 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 « prestations » (#4,970), « play » (#4,969), « présentés » (#4,973). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prononcer » est au #4,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around prononcer (IPA \pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,971 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for prononcer, with forms such as "pornoncer", "pprononcer", and "prnooncer". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "prononcés", "prononcez", "prononcera", 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is prononcer, spelled P-R-O-N-O-N-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Proférer, articuler les sons, les syllabes, les mots, en exprimer les prononciations.
  2. 2
    Réciter, débiter, faire entendre.
  3. 3
    Déclarer avec autorité, en vertu de son autorité.
  4. 4
    Déclarer solennellement ce qui a été décidé à la pluralité des voix, en parlant de celui qui préside une juridiction ou une assemblée.
  5. 5
    Déclarer son sentiment sur quelque chose, décider, ordonner.
  6. 6
    Bien marquer, rendre très sensible quelque partie d’une figure.
  7. 7
    Faire voir, manifester son intention, son opinion, son caractère en quelque affaire, en quelque occasion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Babœuf avait, du fond d'une de ses retraites, fait parvenir au représentant Drouet, son complice, une note énergique qui devait lui servir de texte à un discours à prononcer devant le Conseil des Anciens pour la conservation des Sociétés populaires.
  2. J’eus pour toute récompense un thank you, sir, qui est prononcé d’une voix sèche, extrêmement britannique.

This word in other languages

pronounce(English)pronunciar(Español)aussprechen(Deutsch)pronunciar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pornoncer
  • pprononcer
  • prnooncer
  • pronnocer
  • pronnoncer
  • pronocner
  • prononccer
  • prononcerr
  • prononcre
  • prononecr
  • prononncer
  • proonncer
  • prrononcer
  • rpononcer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pornoncer2pprononcer1prnooncer2pronnocer2pronnoncer1pronocner2prononccer1prononcerr1
Edit distance from "prononcer"

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 "prononcer"?
"prononcer" is spelled P-R-O-N-O-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se\.
What does "prononcer" mean?
As a verb, "prononcer" means: Proférer, articuler les sons, les syllabes, les mots, en exprimer les prononciations.
What words are commonly confused with "prononcer"?
"prononcer" is commonly confused with "prononcés", "prononcez", "prononcera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prononcer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prononcer" is \pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prononcer" come from?
"prononcer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

présentés#4,973relatives#4,977religions#4,978sensibles#4,990

Similar misspelling depth

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

médiatique14 variantssatisfaire14 variantsuniverselle14 variantsdiminution14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list