prorogation

\pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“prorogation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,373
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Délai, prolongation de temps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prorogation · prorogation · French

prorogation · rank #46,373 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,373
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prolongements

Nearest frequency peer: prolongements (-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 « prorogation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prorogation » 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).

prorogation vs provocation
82% similar
prorogation vs propagation
82% similar
prorogation vs prolongation
83% similar

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

Key facts for prorogation
PropertyValue
Headwordprorogation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,373
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prorogation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.prorogationse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prolongements » (#46,372), « protégeons » (#46,374), « progressivité » (#46,371). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prorogation » est au #46,373. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around prorogation (IPA \pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,373 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for prorogation, with forms such as "porrogation", "pprorogation", and "proorgation". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "provocation", "propagation", "prolongation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 prorogation, spelled P-R-O-R-O-G-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Délai, prolongation de temps.
  2. 2
    Acte qui suspend les séances d’une assemblée et en remet la continuation à un certain jour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On leur a accordé une nouvelle prorogation de tant de jours, de tant de mois.
  2. Le texte du gouvernement prévoyait que sa prorogation au-delà d'un mois soit soumise au Parlement, mais le rapporteur a argué de la difficulté « de revenir devant le Parlement » dans ce délai, au regard du contexte.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porrogation
  • pprorogation
  • proorgation
  • prorgoation
  • proroagtion
  • prorogaiton
  • prorogatino
  • prorogationn
  • prorogatoin
  • prorogattion
  • proroggation
  • prorogtaion
  • prorrogation
  • prroogation
  • prrorogation
  • rporogation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prorogation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porrogation2pprorogation1proorgation2prorgoation2proroagtion2prorogaiton2prorogatino2prorogationn1
Edit distance from "prorogation"

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 "prorogation"?
"prorogation" is spelled P-R-O-R-O-G-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "prorogation" mean?
As a noun, "prorogation" means: Délai, prolongation de temps.
What words are commonly confused with "prorogation"?
"prorogation" is commonly confused with "provocation", "propagation", "prolongation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prorogation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prorogation" is \pʁɔ.ʁɔ.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prorogation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list