propageant

\pʁɔ.pa.ʒɑ̃\

/\pʁɔ.pa.ʒɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“propageant” is uncommon French (frequency #56,195 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,195
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de propager.

Corpus desk

Index FR-propageant · propageant · French

propageant · rank #56,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,195
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH promettons

Nearest frequency peer: promettons (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « propageant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « propageant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for propageant
PropertyValue
Headwordpropageant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɔ.pa.ʒɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,195
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « propageant » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.propageanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « promettons » (#56,194), « préconisant » (#56,196), « prolifiques » (#56,193). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « propageant » est au #56,195. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

propageant is uncommon French at frequency #56,195 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɔ.pa.ʒɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de propager.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for propageant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is propageant, spelled P-R-O-P-A-G-E-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de propager.

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 "propageant"?
"propageant" is spelled P-R-O-P-A-G-E-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.pa.ʒɑ̃\.
What does "propageant" mean?
As a verb, "propageant" means: Participe présent de propager.
How do you pronounce "propageant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "propageant" is \pʁɔ.pa.ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "propageant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

promettons#56,194préférerai#56,197proclamait#56,192pressentie#56,187

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list