antécédence
\ɑ̃.te.se.dɑ̃s\
The verdict
“antécédence” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est antécédent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-antecedence · antécédence · French
antécédence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | antécédence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.te.se.dɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « antécédence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
antécédence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.te.se.dɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for antécédence, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is antécédence, spelled A-N-T-É-C-É-D-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1État de ce qui est antécédent.
- 2Se dit de la marche en apparence rétrograde des planètes de l’est à l’ouest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how antécédence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais ceci ne devrait pas laisser croire à une antécédence du changement intérieur et faire du changement extérieur la/une conséquence du renforcement interne […]
This word in other languages
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.