prostitution

\pʁɔs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɔs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“prostitution” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,744
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pratique sexuelle contre rémunération au sens large (argent principalement, avantage en nature, service...).

Corpus desk

Index FR-prostitution · prostitution · French

prostitution · rank #7,744 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,744
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH promener

Nearest frequency peer: promener (-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 « prostitution »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prostitution » 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
Key facts for prostitution
PropertyValue
Headwordprostitution
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#7,744
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prostitution »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « promener » (#7,743), « pue » (#7,745), « portés » (#7,742). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prostitution » est au #7,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around prostitution (IPA \pʁɔs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,744 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for prostitution, with forms such as "porstitution", "pprostitution", and "prosittution". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is prostitution, spelled P-R-O-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pratique sexuelle contre rémunération au sens large (argent principalement, avantage en nature, service...).
  2. 2
    Alliance immorale.
  3. 3
    Corruption d’un idéal par des intérêts financiers ou de pouvoir.
  4. 4
    Fait de s’abandonner à l’idolâtrie.
  5. 5
    Pratique sexuelle sacrée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. N’oublions pas que la fonction de la prostitution réglementée, milieu abject mais nécessaire, est de canaliser la sexualité extra-conjugale et surtout qu’elle demeure conforme à la nature.
  2. Le mariage tel qu’il se contracte constitue donc une forme de prostitution. Mais de plus il est la cause principale de la prostitution ordinaire, de la prostitution proprement dite. Ainsi que je le proclamais récemment dans un article du « Journal », la prostitution est la soupape de sûreté du mariage.

Synonyms

exploitation sexuellele plus vieux métier du mondetapinagetravail du sexe

This word in other languages

prostitution(English)prostitución(Español)Prostitution(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porstitution
  • pprostitution
  • prosittution
  • prosstitution
  • prostittuion
  • prostittution
  • prostituiton
  • prostitutino
  • prostitutionn
  • prostitutoin
  • prostituttion
  • prostiuttion
  • prosttitution
  • prosttiution
  • protsitution
  • prrostitution
  • prsotitution
  • rpostitution

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porstitution2pprostitution1prosittution2prosstitution1prostittuion2prostittution1prostituiton2prostitutino2
Edit distance from "prostitution"

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 "prostitution"?
"prostitution" is spelled P-R-O-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\.
What does "prostitution" mean?
As a noun, "prostitution" means: Pratique sexuelle contre rémunération au sens large (argent principalement, avantage en nature, service...).
What are common misspellings of "prostitution"?
Common misspellings include "porstitution", "pprostitution", "prosittution", "prosstitution", "prostittuion". The correct spelling is "prostitution".
How do you pronounce "prostitution"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prostitution" is \pʁɔs.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prostitution" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list