protocolaire
\pʁɔ.tɔ.kɔ.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“protocolaire” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,122
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se rapporte au protocole.
Corpus desk
Index FR-protocolaire · protocolaire · French
protocolaire · rank #48,122 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,122
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH promotionnels
Nearest frequency peer: promotionnels (-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 « protocolaire »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- pressure
pressure
51,881 corpus weight
- promotionne…
promotionnels
51,880 corpus weight
- protocolaire
protocolaire
51,879 corpus weight
- précédées
précédées
51,878 corpus weight
- préjudiciab…
préjudiciables
51,876 corpus weight
- PTZ
PTZ
51,875 corpus weight
What this shows « protocolaire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | protocolaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.tɔ.kɔ.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #48,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « protocolaire »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around protocolaire (IPA \pʁɔ.tɔ.kɔ.lɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,122 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for protocolaire, with forms such as "portocolaire", "pprotocolaire", and "prootcolaire". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is protocolaire, spelled P-R-O-T-O-C-O-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui se rapporte au protocole.
- 2Formel, sans émotion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how protocolaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’aime écrire et lire dans les cuisines. C’est pour moi le lieu essentiel, simple et sans façon, loin de toute raideur protocolaire.
Il déclare son décès, comme s’il parle de la météo. Tout ceci est bien trop formel, trop protocolaire pour moi.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- portocolaire
- pprotocolaire
- prootcolaire
- protcoolaire
- protoccolaire
- protocloaire
- protocoalire
- protocolaier
- protocolairre
- protocolarie
- protocoliare
- protocollaire
- protooclaire
- prottocolaire
- prrotocolaire
- prtoocolaire
- rpotocolaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of protocolaire - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).