protagonistes
\pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.nist\
The verdict
“protagonistes” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,558. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,558
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de protagoniste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-protagonistes · protagonistes · French
protagonistes · rank #10,558 · 20 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #10,558
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH propice
Nearest frequency peer: propice (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “protagonistes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- progressiste
progressiste
89,446 corpus weight
- projections
projections
89,445 corpus weight
- propice
propice
89,444 corpus weight
- protagonist…
protagonistes
89,443 corpus weight
- provoquant
provoquant
89,442 corpus weight
- préalableme…
préalablement
89,441 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “protagonistes” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | protagonistes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.nist\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #10,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “protagonistes” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around protagonistes (IPA \pʁɔ.ta.ɡɔ.nist\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,558 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de protagoniste.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for protagonistes, with forms such as "portagonistes", "pprotagonistes", and "proatgonistes". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "protagoniste", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is protagonistes, spelled P-R-O-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de protagoniste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how protagonistes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle met en scène Audrey Fleurot dans le rôle de Nathalie et Lily Taïeb dans celui de sa fille, Alice, protagonistes d’un étrange huis clos hivernal, réalisé avec minutie par Cyril Mennegun (Louise Wimmer, La Consolation).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- portagonistes
- pprotagonistes
- proatgonistes
- protaggonistes
- protagnoistes
- protagoinstes
- protagonisets
- protagonisstes
- protagonistess
- protagonistse
- protagonisttes
- protagonitses
- protagonnistes
- protagonsites
- protaognistes
- protgaonistes
- prottagonistes
- prrotagonistes
- prtoagonistes
- rpotagonistes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of protagonistes - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "protagonistes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "protagoniste". View pair
- 20 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,558 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.