propres

/\pʁɔpʁ\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,206

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

propres is anFrenchadj. It means: Pluriel de l’adjectif propre. Pronounced \pʁɔpʁ\. It ranks #1,206 in French word frequency. Often confused with proprio and prouvés.

Key facts for propres
PropertyValue
Headwordpropres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\pʁɔpʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,206
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of propres in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for propres is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɔpʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,206 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de l’adjectif propre.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for propres, with forms such as "porpres", "ppropres", and "propers". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "proprio", "prouvés", "propreté", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is propres, spelled P-R-O-P-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de l’adjectif propre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porpres,ppropres,propers,proppres,propress,proprres,proprse,prorpes,prpores,prropres,rpopres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for propres

Misspelling Variants of "propres"

porpres7ppropres8propers7proppres8propress8proprres8proprse7prorpes7
Misspelling Variants of "propres"

Frequency rank: #1,206 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "propres"?
"propres" is spelled P-R-O-P-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔpʁ\.
What does "propres" mean?
As an adj, "propres" means: Pluriel de l’adjectif propre.
What words are commonly confused with "propres"?
"propres" is commonly confused with "proprio", "prouvés", "propreté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "propres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "propres" is \pʁɔpʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "propres" come from?
"propres" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.