protagoniste

\pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.nist\

/\pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.nist\/ noun

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The verdict

“protagoniste” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,379. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,379
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Premier acteur qui engage le dialogue avec le chœur, dans le théâtre grec antique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-protagoniste · protagoniste · French

protagoniste · rank #22,379 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,379
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH profane

Nearest frequency peer: profane (-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 « protagoniste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « protagoniste » 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).

protagoniste vs protagonistes
92% similar

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

Key facts for protagoniste
PropertyValue
Headwordprotagoniste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.nist\
Letters12
Frequency rank#22,379
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « protagoniste »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.protagonistese 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 « profane » (#22,378), « provision » (#22,380), « pourcentages » (#22,377). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « protagoniste » est au #22,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around protagoniste (IPA \pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.nist\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,379 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for protagoniste, with forms such as "portagoniste", "pprotagoniste", and "proatgoniste". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "protagonistes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is protagoniste, spelled P-R-O-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Premier acteur qui engage le dialogue avec le chœur, dans le théâtre grec antique.
  2. 2
    Personnage principal d’une intrigue, d’une histoire, personnage important d’une pièce de théâtre, d’un film, d’un roman.
  3. 3
    Personnage-clé dans une affaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le protagoniste joue le premier rôle ainsi que les seconds rôles.
  2. Les premières scènes du roman nous montrent une protagoniste qui se perçoit visiblement par le regard extérieur.

Synonyms

hérospremier rôle

Antonyms

antagoniste

This word in other languages

protagonist(English)protagonista(Español)Protagonist(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • portagoniste
  • pprotagoniste
  • proatgoniste
  • protaggoniste
  • protagnoiste
  • protagoinste
  • protagoniset
  • protagonisste
  • protagonistte
  • protagonitse
  • protagonniste
  • protagonsite
  • protaogniste
  • protgaoniste
  • prottagoniste
  • prrotagoniste
  • prtoagoniste
  • rpotagoniste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of protagoniste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

portagoniste2pprotagoniste1proatgoniste2protaggoniste1protagnoiste2protagoinste2protagoniset2protagonisste1
Edit distance from "protagoniste"

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 "protagoniste"?
"protagoniste" is spelled P-R-O-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.nist\.
What does "protagoniste" mean?
As a noun, "protagoniste" means: Premier acteur qui engage le dialogue avec le chœur, dans le théâtre grec antique.
What words are commonly confused with "protagoniste"?
"protagoniste" is commonly confused with "protagonistes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "protagoniste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "protagoniste" is \pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.nist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "protagoniste" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

pourcentages#22,377polarisation#22,375militantisme#22,333acheminement#22,472

Similar misspelling depth

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

précurseurs18 variantsrecherchées18 variantssolennellement18 variantsdéterminent18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list