prud’homie
\pʁy.dɔ.mi\
The verdict
“prud’homie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Probité, sagesse dans la conduite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prud-homie · prud’homie · French
prud’homie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prud’homie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁy.dɔ.mi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prud’homie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prud’homie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁy.dɔ.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for prud’homie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is prud’homie, spelled P-R-U-D-’-H-O-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1Probité, sagesse dans la conduite.
- 2Lieu ou siègent les prud’hommes de certains métiers, particulièrement chez les pêcheurs des ports français de la Méditerranée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prud’homie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est un homme d’une grande prud’homie.
J’ai toujours eu bonne opinion de sa prud’homie.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.