proxénètes
\pʁɔk.se.nɛt\
The verdict
“proxénètes” is uncommon French (frequency #54,184 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,184
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de proxénète.
Corpus desk
Index FR-proxenetes · proxénètes · French
proxénètes · rank #54,184 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,184
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH provocant
Nearest frequency peer: provocant (-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 « proxénètes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- prophylaxie
prophylaxie
45,821 corpus weight
- prostitue
prostitue
45,820 corpus weight
- protéique
protéique
45,819 corpus weight
- provocant
provocant
45,818 corpus weight
- proxénètes
proxénètes
45,817 corpus weight
- prévienne
prévienne
45,816 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « proxénètes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proxénètes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔk.se.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « proxénètes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
proxénètes is uncommon French at frequency #54,184 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔk.se.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de proxénète.".
Zero misspellings are on record for proxénètes in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is proxénètes, spelled P-R-O-X-É-N-È-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de proxénète.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how proxénètes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La lettre de réponse, arrivée début juillet et que 20 Minutes s’est procurée, indique que la brigade de répression du banditisme (BRP) a démantelé, en 2021, quatre réseaux de proxénètes.
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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