préjudice
[pʁe.ʒy.dis]
The verdict
“préjudice” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beeinträchtigung oder eine Wertminderung einer Sache; Schaden
Corpus desk
Index DE-prejudice · préjudice · German
préjudice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | préjudice |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁe.ʒy.dis] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „préjudice“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
préjudice is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁe.ʒy.dis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beeinträchtigung oder eine Wertminderung einer Sache; Schaden".
No misspelling variants are generated for préjudice in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is préjudice, spelled P-R-É-J-U-D-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Beeinträchtigung oder eine Wertminderung einer Sache; Schaden
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.