prouesses

\pʁu.ɛs\

/\pʁu.ɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“prouesses” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,088. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,088
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de prouesse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prouesses · prouesses · French

prouesses · rank #25,088 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,088
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prometteurs

Nearest frequency peer: prometteurs (-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 « prouesses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prouesses » 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).

prouesses vs pressés
67% similar
prouesses vs poussés
67% similar
prouesses vs promesse
78% similar

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

Key facts for prouesses
PropertyValue
Headwordprouesses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁu.ɛs\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,088
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prouesses »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.prouessesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prometteurs » (#25,087), « préfectoral » (#25,089), « procèdent » (#25,086). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prouesses » est au #25,088. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around prouesses (IPA \pʁu.ɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,088 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de prouesse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prouesses, with forms such as "poruesses", "pprouesses", and "proeusses". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "pressés", "poussés", "promesse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is prouesses, spelled P-R-O-U-E-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de prouesse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour agoucer ceux de mes amis (les rustres!) que les prouesses, les techniques ou la culture matérielle des Inuit laissaient froids, je parlais de la grande liberté de leurs mœurs sexuelles.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • poruesses
  • pprouesses
  • proeusses
  • proueses
  • prouesess
  • prouessess
  • prouessse
  • prouseses
  • prrouesses
  • pruoesses
  • rpouesses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prouesses - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

poruesses2pprouesses1proeusses2proueses1prouesess2prouessess1prouessse2prouseses2
Edit distance from "prouesses"

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 "prouesses"?
"prouesses" is spelled P-R-O-U-E-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁu.ɛs\.
What does "prouesses" mean?
As a noun, "prouesses" means: Pluriel de prouesse.
What words are commonly confused with "prouesses"?
"prouesses" is commonly confused with "pressés", "poussés", "promesse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prouesses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prouesses" is \pʁu.ɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prouesses" come from?
"prouesses" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list