protubérances
\pʁɔ.ty.be.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“protubérances” is uncommon French (frequency #87,981 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,981
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de protubérance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-protuberances · protubérances · French
protubérances · rank #87,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,981
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH protohistoire
Nearest frequency peer: protohistoire (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « protubérances »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- prosciutto
prosciutto
12,023 corpus weight
- prothésiste
prothésiste
12,022 corpus weight
- protohistoi…
protohistoire
12,021 corpus weight
- protubéranc…
protubérances
12,020 corpus weight
- prouveront
prouveront
12,019 corpus weight
- prytanée
prytanée
12,017 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « protubérances » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | protubérances |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.ty.be.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #87,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « protubérances » en français
Rare enough to double-check
protubérances is uncommon French at frequency #87,981 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.ty.be.ʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de protubérance.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for protubérances, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is protubérances, spelled P-R-O-T-U-B-É-R-A-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de protubérance.
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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