précaire
\pʁe.kɛʁ\
The verdict
“précaire” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,030
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne s’exerce que par une tolérance qui peut cesser, par une permission révocable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-precaire · précaire · French
précaire · rank #12,030 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,030
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH provisoirement
Nearest frequency peer: provisoirement (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « précaire »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- premium
premium
87,975 corpus weight
- prendront
prendront
87,974 corpus weight
- provisoirem…
provisoirement
87,972 corpus weight
- précaire
précaire
87,971 corpus weight
- préviens
préviens
87,969 corpus weight
- PV
PV
87,968 corpus weight
What this shows « précaire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | précaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁe.kɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « précaire »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around précaire (IPA \pʁe.kɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,030 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for précaire, with forms such as "pprécaire", "prcéaire", and "precaire". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "précité", "prepare", "primaire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is précaire, spelled P-R-É-C-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne s’exerce que par une tolérance qui peut cesser, par une permission révocable.
- 2Qui est instable.
- 3Qui est incertain, éphémère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how précaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Autorité précaire. — Pouvoir précaire.
Trois mètres de long, deux de large, le lit qui occupe la moitié de l’espace, un radiateur électrique en équilibre précaire contre le mur.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pprécaire
- prcéaire
- precaire
- prrécaire
- préacire
- précaier
- précairre
- précarie
- préccaire
- préciare
- pércaire
- rpécaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of précaire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "précaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).