preselection

noun

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"preselection" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“preselection” is uncommon English (frequency #66,953 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,953
frequency rank, English
46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party

Key facts for preselection
PropertyValue
Headwordpreselection
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#66,953
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “preselection” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). preselection lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

preselection is uncommon English at frequency #66,953 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for preselection in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From pre- + selection. The correct English form is preselection, spelled P-R-E-S-E-L-E-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party
  2. 2
    Selection in advance
  3. 3
    The preference for a mate found attractive by other members of one's sex.
  4. 4
    The process of a jury selecting entries to be shown in a competition when there are too many entries for the audience or schedule. The term preselection is often used with the opposite meaning in demoscene context, i.e. selecting entries not to be shown.

Etymology

From pre- + selection.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "preselection"?
"preselection" is spelled P-R-E-S-E-L-E-C-T-I-O-N.
What does "preselection" mean?
As a noun, "preselection" means: The process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party
What is the origin of the word "preselection"?
From pre- + selection. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “preselection”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-R-E-S-E-L-E-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list