proximité

\pʁɔk.si.mi.te\

/\pʁɔk.si.mi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“proximité” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,970
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voisinage d’une chose à l’égard d’une autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-proximite · proximité · French

proximité · rank #1,970 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,970
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH produire

Nearest frequency peer: produire (-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 « proximité »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « proximité » 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 proximité
PropertyValue
Headwordproximité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔk.si.mi.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,970
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « proximité »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).proximitése place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « produire » (#1,969), « procédure » (#1,968), « prêts » (#1,972). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « proximité » est au #1,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around proximité (IPA \pʁɔk.si.mi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,970 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for proximité, with forms such as "porximité", "pproximité", and "proixmité". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is proximité, spelled P-R-O-X-I-M-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Voisinage d’une chose à l’égard d’une autre.
  2. 2
    Rapprochement dans le temps.
  3. 3
    Parenté qui est entre deux personnes.
  4. 4
    (Médias sociaux) proximité comportementale

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après deux jours d'absence, nous revenions à Rockall ramenant une nuée de mouettes qui avaient quitté leur îlot pour nous accompagner ; nullement farouches, elles se tenaient à proximité chaque fois que nous stoppions.
  2. Pendant toute la nuit, je dus veiller attentivement, car mes observations m'avaient indiqué la proximité du rocher de Malpelo, petit îlot isolé à trois cent milles du cap San Francisco, la côte sud-américaine la plus proche.

This word in other languages

proximity(English)Nähe(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porximité
  • pproximité
  • proixmité
  • proxiimté
  • proximite
  • proximitté
  • proximiét
  • proximmité
  • proximtié
  • proxmiité
  • proxximité
  • prroximité
  • prxoimité
  • rpoximité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of proximité - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porximité2pproximité1proixmité2proxiimté2proximite1proximitté1proximiét2proximmité1
Edit distance from "proximité"

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 "proximité"?
"proximité" is spelled P-R-O-X-I-M-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔk.si.mi.te\.
What does "proximité" mean?
As a noun, "proximité" means: Voisinage d’une chose à l’égard d’une autre.
What are common misspellings of "proximité"?
Common misspellings include "porximité", "pproximité", "proixmité", "proxiimté", "proximite". The correct spelling is "proximité".
How do you pronounce "proximité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "proximité" is \pʁɔk.si.mi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "proximité" come from?
"proximité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

procédure#1,968policiers#1,965stratégie#1,976vêtements#1,939

Similar misspelling depth

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

phénomène14 variantssystèmes14 variantspermettent14 variantsmusulmans14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list