prud’homme
\pʁy.dɔm\
The verdict
“prud’homme” 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 May 6, 2026) - Homme expert et versé dans la connaissance de certaines choses.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prud’homme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁy.dɔm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prud’homme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prud’homme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁy.dɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for prud’homme in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is prud’homme, spelled P-R-U-D-’-H-O-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Homme expert et versé dans la connaissance de certaines choses.
- 2Dans les ports et les villes de la Méditerranée, de pêcheurs élus par les gens de leur profession, pour connaître des contraventions et des contestations relatives à la pêche maritime.
- 3Conseil composé paritairement de représentants des employeurs et des salariés, chargé notamment de régler, par voie de conciliation, les litiges d’ordre professionnel.
- 4Conseil composé paritairement de représentants des employeurs et des salariés, chargé notamment de régler, par voie de conciliation, les litiges d’ordre professionnel.
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.
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Using “prud’homme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-U-D-’-H-O-M-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁy.dɔm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.