prosecco

\pʁo.se.ko\

/\pʁo.se.ko\/ noun

The verdict

“prosecco” is uncommon French (frequency #91,057 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,057
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vin blanc effervescent italien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prosecco · prosecco · French

prosecco · rank #91,057 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,057
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH proscrites

Nearest frequency peer: proscrites (-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 « prosecco »

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 « prosecco » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prosecco
PropertyValue
Headwordprosecco
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁo.se.ko\
Letters8
Frequency rank#91,057
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « prosecco » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).proseccotombe 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: « proscrites » (#91,056), « proéminentes » (#91,058), « propulsent » (#91,055). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prosecco » est au #91,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prosecco is uncommon French at frequency #91,057 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁo.se.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vin blanc effervescent italien.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prosecco, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is prosecco, spelled P-R-O-S-E-C-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vin blanc effervescent italien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après une anchoïade servie avec son fagot de gressins torsadés, le tout accompagné d’un verre de prosecco, suivit une pleine assiettée de scattoni au jambon cru arrosée d’un Lacryma Christi rosso.
  2. Le prosecco aidant, elle éprouva soudain l’envie d’interroger Lorenzo pour le pousser dans ses retranchements.

This word in other languages

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 "prosecco"?
"prosecco" is spelled P-R-O-S-E-C-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁo.se.ko\.
What does "prosecco" mean?
As a noun, "prosecco" means: Vin blanc effervescent italien.
How do you pronounce "prosecco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prosecco" is \pʁo.se.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list