prospérité

\pʁɔs.pe.ʁi.te\

/\pʁɔs.pe.ʁi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“prospérité” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,223
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Heureux état, heureuse situation, soit des affaires générales, soit des affaires particulières.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

prospérité vs prospère
60% similar
prospérité vs postérité
80% similar

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

Key facts for prospérité
PropertyValue
Headwordprospérité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔs.pe.ʁi.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,223
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prospérité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). prospérité lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around prospérité (IPA \pʁɔs.pe.ʁi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,223 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for prospérité, with forms such as "porspérité", "pprospérité", and "propsérité". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "prospère", "postérité", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is prospérité, spelled P-R-O-S-P-É-R-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Heureux état, heureuse situation, soit des affaires générales, soit des affaires particulières.
  2. 2
    Événements heureux.

This word in other languages

prosperity(English)prosperidad(Español)Wohlstand(Deutsch)sucesso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porspérité
  • pprospérité
  • propsérité
  • prosperite
  • prosppérité
  • prospréité
  • prospéirté
  • prospéritté
  • prospériét
  • prospérrité
  • prospértié
  • prosspérité
  • proséprité
  • prrospérité
  • prsopérité
  • rpospérité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prospérité - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

porspérité2pprospérité1propsérité2prosperite2prosppérité1prospréité2prospéirté2prospéritté1
Edit distance from "prospérité"

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 "prospérité"?
"prospérité" is spelled P-R-O-S-P-É-R-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔs.pe.ʁi.te\.
What does "prospérité" mean?
As a noun, "prospérité" means: Heureux état, heureuse situation, soit des affaires générales, soit des affaires particulières.
What words are commonly confused with "prospérité"?
"prospérité" is commonly confused with "prospère", "postérité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prospérité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prospérité" is \pʁɔs.pe.ʁi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prospérité" come from?
"prospérité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “prospérité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-R-O-S-P-É-R-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pʁɔs.pe.ʁi.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “prospère” - see the side-by-side comparison. prospérité vs prospère
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list