pruneau

\pʁy.no\

/\pʁy.no\/ noun

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The verdict

“pruneau” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,535. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,535
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruit séché issu de prune séchée, naturellement au soleil ou industriellement dans des fours.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pruneau · pruneau · French

pruneau · rank #47,535 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,535
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH protégeaient

Nearest frequency peer: protégeaient (-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 « pruneau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pruneau » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pruneau vs puceau
71% similar
pruneau vs prunes
71% similar
pruneau vs pruneaux
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pruneau
PropertyValue
Headwordpruneau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁy.no\
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,535
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pruneau »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pruneause 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 « protégeaient » (#47,534), « précepte » (#47,536), « proprios » (#47,533). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pruneau » est au #47,535. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pruneau (IPA \pʁy.no\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,535 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pruneau, with forms such as "ppruneau", "prnueau", and "prruneau". 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 also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "puceau", "prunes", "pruneaux", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pruneau, spelled P-R-U-N-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruit séché issu de prune séchée, naturellement au soleil ou industriellement dans des fours.
  2. 2
    Quetsche (fruit).
  3. 3
    Prune.
  4. 4
    Couleur très sombre, presque noire.
  5. 5
    Balle d’arme à feu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sur le boulevard Carnot, l’odeur sirupeuse des pruneaux fourrés s’échappait des boutiques des confiseurs.
  2. Cette hospitalité que j’ai sollicitée, je l’accepte à une condition, dit Laura, c’est que tu me permettes de confectionner, pour toi et Guillaume, un gâteau de mon enfance, un gâteau moelleux aux pruneaux qu’on nomme dans mon pays far, le far breton.

This word in other languages

prune(English)Backpflaume(Deutsch)ameixa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppruneau
  • prnueau
  • prruneau
  • pruenau
  • prunaeu
  • pruneua
  • prunneau
  • purneau
  • rpuneau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pruneau - 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.

ppruneau1prnueau2prruneau1pruenau2prunaeu2pruneua2prunneau1purneau2
Edit distance from "pruneau"

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 "pruneau"?
"pruneau" is spelled P-R-U-N-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁy.no\.
What does "pruneau" mean?
As a noun, "pruneau" means: Fruit séché issu de prune séchée, naturellement au soleil ou industriellement dans des fours.
What words are commonly confused with "pruneau"?
"pruneau" is commonly confused with "puceau", "prunes", "pruneaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pruneau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pruneau" is \pʁy.no\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pruneau" come from?
"pruneau" 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 "pruneau", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

produis#47,529prêtées#47,543rameurs#47,549popotin#47,520

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

rappeuse9 variantspinson9 variantspensif9 variantsPanzer9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list