pré-levée
\pʁe.lə.ve\
The verdict
“pré-levée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des stades phénologiques qui précèdent la levée d'une plantule du sol.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pre-levee · pré-levée · French
pré-levée · 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 | pré-levée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.lə.ve\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pré-levée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁe.lə.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble des stades phénologiques qui précèdent la levée d'une plantule du sol.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pré-levée in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pré-levée, spelled P-R-É---L-E-V-É-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des stades phénologiques qui précèdent la levée d'une plantule du sol.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pré-levée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette observation amène à réfléchir aux conséquences de l'emploi d'un herbicide de pré-levée sur les autres éléments de l'itinéraire technique.
On a tendance à les négliger en agriculture conventionnelle, et à compter presque exclusivement sur les herbicides, soit de pré-levée soit de post-levée, pour réduire la pression des herbes.
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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.