prouesse
\pʁu.ɛs\
The verdict
“prouesse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,090
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de preux, vaillance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prouesse · prouesse · French
prouesse · rank #29,090 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,090
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prophéties
Nearest frequency peer: prophéties (-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 « prouesse »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- professionn…
professionnalisation
70,914 corpus weight
- promotionne…
promotionnelle
70,913 corpus weight
- prophéties
prophéties
70,912 corpus weight
- prouesse
prouesse
70,911 corpus weight
- précepteur
précepteur
70,910 corpus weight
- précipitamm…
précipitamment
70,909 corpus weight
What this shows « prouesse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | prouesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁu.ɛs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prouesse »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around prouesse (IPA \pʁu.ɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,090 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for prouesse, with forms such as "poruesse", "pprouesse", and "proeusse". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Prusse", "prouesses", "pousse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prouesse, spelled P-R-O-U-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Action de preux, vaillance.
- 2Action admirable, tour de force.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prouesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or combien que Basle fut délivrée de l’assaut de l’armée Françoise, par la prouesse des Suisses, toutesfois parmi ces tumultes les ambassadeurs des Rois & Princes deslogèrent les uns après les autres.
Le Lion, terreur des forêts, Chargé d’ans et pleurant son antique prouesse, Fut enfin attaqué par ses propres sujets, Devenus forts pas sa faiblesse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- poruesse
- pprouesse
- proeusse
- prouese
- prousese
- prrouesse
- pruoesse
- rpouesse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prouesse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).