propre
\pʁɔpʁ\
The verdict
“propre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #513. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #513
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Qui est particulier à une personne ou à une chose (exclusivement ou non).
Corpus desk
Index FR-propre · propre · French
propre · rank #513 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #513
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH parents
Nearest frequency peer: parents (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “propre”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- nationale
nationale
99,491 corpus weight
- nombreux
nombreux
99,490 corpus weight
- parents
parents
99,489 corpus weight
- propre
propre
99,488 corpus weight
- rendre
rendre
99,487 corpus weight
- vivre
vivre
99,486 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “propre” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | propre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɔpʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “propre” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around propre (IPA \pʁɔpʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #513 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for propre, with forms such as "porpre", "ppropre", and "proper". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prose", "proue", "prouve", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is propre, spelled P-R-O-P-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est particulier à une personne ou à une chose (exclusivement ou non).
- 2Réel par opposition à figuré ou apparent.
- 3Exact.
- 4Même ; semblable.
- 5Apte ; bon.
- 6Convenable à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose.
- 7Convenable à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose.
- 8Nettoyé ; lavé ; bien tenu.
- 9Se dit d’un enfant qui a appris à contrôler son urination et sa défécation et à les faire dans le petit pot ou aux toilettes.
- 10Clair.
- 11Se dit d’une application entre espaces topologiques telle que la préimage de toute partie compacte soit compacte.
- 12Se dit d'un sous-ensemble différent de l'ensemble dans lequel il est inclus.
- 13(antiphrase) Dans une situation difficile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how propre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
RueduCommerce lance ses propres tablettes tactiles sous la marque Clust. Le site de commerce électronique veut profiter de l’engouement pour les tablettes. Il propose désormais sa propre ligne de produits dans la catégorie « moyen de gamme ».
Une fois qu’ils eurent perdu leur force militaire propre […], la nature de leur système politique se transforma, au point de devenir méconnaissable.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porpre
- ppropre
- proper
- proppre
- proprre
- prorpe
- prpore
- prropre
- rpopre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of propre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "propre", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.