proscrit
\pʁɔs.kʁi\
The verdict
“proscrit” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,692
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est banni, interdit de séjour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-proscrit · proscrit · French
proscrit · rank #34,692 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,692
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH proscrire
Nearest frequency peer: proscrire (-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 « proscrit »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- promenait
promenait
65,312 corpus weight
- prorata
prorata
65,311 corpus weight
- proscrire
proscrire
65,310 corpus weight
- proscrit
proscrit
65,309 corpus weight
- protégera
protégera
65,308 corpus weight
- Proulx
Proulx
65,307 corpus weight
What this shows « proscrit » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | proscrit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɔs.kʁi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « proscrit »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around proscrit (IPA \pʁɔs.kʁi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,692 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for proscrit, with forms such as "porscrit", "pproscrit", and "procsrit". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "prescrit", "prescrits", "prescrite", and more, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is proscrit, spelled P-R-O-S-C-R-I-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est banni, interdit de séjour.
- 2Qui est banni, écarté de l’usage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how proscrit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Insulteurs des foules proscrites, Qui chantez au bruit des écus, Cachez vos lyres hypocrites : Nous sommes avec les vaincus!
La Belgique est le troisième pays qui possède, au lendemain de mai 1871, une nombreuse colonie de communards proscrits.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porscrit
- pproscrit
- procsrit
- prosccrit
- proscirt
- proscritt
- proscrrit
- proscrti
- prosrcit
- prosscrit
- prroscrit
- prsocrit
- rposcrit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of proscrit - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).