proxénète

\pʁɔk.se.nɛt\

/\pʁɔk.se.nɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“proxénète” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,253. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,253
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui tire profit de la prostitution d’autrui ou bien la favorise.

Corpus desk

Index FR-proxenete · proxénète · French

proxénète · rank #45,253 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,253
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH protestataires

Nearest frequency peer: protestataires (-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 « proxénète »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « proxénète » 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
Key facts for proxénète
PropertyValue
Headwordproxénète
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔk.se.nɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,253
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « proxénète »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).proxénètese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « protestataires » (#45,252), « précocité » (#45,254), « prospects » (#45,251). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « proxénète » est au #45,253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around proxénète (IPA \pʁɔk.se.nɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,253 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for proxénète, with forms such as "porxénète", "pproxénète", and "proxenete". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is proxénète, spelled P-R-O-X-É-N-È-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui tire profit de la prostitution d’autrui ou bien la favorise.
  2. 2
    Courtier, celui qui négociait un marché.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les scandales des procès des proxénètes belges ont montré que ce règlement parfait avait bien quelques inconvénients.
  2. Sans doute, comme il le disait à Odette, il aimait la sincérité, mais il l’aimait comme une proxénète pouvant le tenir au courant de la vie de sa maîtresse.

Synonyms

Alphonsealphonsebarbeauentremetteurmaquereaumaquerellemacpatronpatronneprostitueurprostituteursouteneur

This word in other languages

pimp(English)proxeneta(Español)Zuhälter(Deutsch)proxeneta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porxénète
  • pproxénète
  • proxenete
  • proxnéète
  • proxxénète
  • proxénnète
  • proxéntèe
  • proxénèet
  • proxénètte
  • proxéènte
  • proéxnète
  • prroxénète
  • prxoénète
  • rpoxénète

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of proxénète - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

porxénète2pproxénète1proxenete2proxnéète2proxxénète1proxénnète1proxéntèe2proxénèet2
Edit distance from "proxénète"

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 "proxénète"?
"proxénète" is spelled P-R-O-X-É-N-È-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔk.se.nɛt\.
What does "proxénète" mean?
As a noun, "proxénète" means: Personne qui tire profit de la prostitution d’autrui ou bien la favorise.
What are common misspellings of "proxénète"?
Common misspellings include "porxénète", "pproxénète", "proxenete", "proxnéète", "proxxénète". The correct spelling is "proxénète".
How do you pronounce "proxénète"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "proxénète" is \pʁɔk.se.nɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "proxénète" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

précocité#45,254prospects#45,251proposais#45,248puritains#45,259

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

postulats14 variantsrecrutant14 variantsPlaymobil14 variantssilvestre14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list