préambule
\pʁe.ɑ̃.byl\
The verdict
“préambule” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,451. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,451
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avant-propos ; entrée en matière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-preambule · préambule · French
préambule · rank #16,451 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,451
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prudents
Nearest frequency peer: prudents (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “préambule”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- produira
produira
83,553 corpus weight
- professionn…
professionnalisme
83,552 corpus weight
- prudents
prudents
83,551 corpus weight
- préambule
préambule
83,550 corpus weight
- précurseur
précurseur
83,549 corpus weight
- prévoient
prévoient
83,548 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “préambule” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | préambule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.ɑ̃.byl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “préambule” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around préambule (IPA \pʁe.ɑ̃.byl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,451 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for préambule, with forms such as "ppréambule", "praémbule", and "preambule". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is préambule, spelled P-R-É-A-M-B-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Avant-propos ; entrée en matière.
- 2Partie préliminaire d’une constitution, d’une loi, d’un édit, d’une ordonnance, etc.
- 3Introduction vague et longuette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how préambule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La dame ne comptait pas s’en tenir aux préambules épistolaires, puisqu’elle lui annonçait un prochain rendez-vous, sous prétexte de lui donner des nouvelles d’Héva, […].
Et sans autre préambule, avant qu’elle s’y attendît, il la gifla si largement qu’il l’envoya culbuter contre le lit d’un seul revers de main.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppréambule
- praémbule
- preambule
- prréambule
- préabmule
- préambbule
- préamblue
- préambuel
- préambulle
- préammbule
- préamuble
- prémabule
- pérambule
- rpéambule
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of préambule - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #16,451 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.