Prevost
"prevost" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Prevost” is uncommon English (frequency #72,672 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,672
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prevost · Prevost · English
Prevost · rank #72,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,672
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pressley
Nearest frequency peer: Pressley (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Prevost”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- prac
prac
27,334 corpus weight
- preordained
preordained
27,333 corpus weight
- prepay
prepay
27,332 corpus weight
- Pressley
Pressley
27,330 corpus weight
- Prevost
Prevost
27,329 corpus weight
- pricking
pricking
27,328 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Prevost” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Prevost |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Prevost” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Prevost is uncommon English at frequency #72,672 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from French.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Prevost, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Prévost. The correct English form is Prevost, spelled P-R-E-V-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1A surname from French.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Prevost appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Though Prevost spent much of his life outside the United States – particularly in Peru, where he also holds a passport – his selection nonetheless upended the longstanding belief that the church would not add the papacy to the United States’ already enormous global influence.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Prévost.
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.
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