précautionneux
\pʁe.ko.sjo.nø\
The verdict
“précautionneux” is uncommon French (frequency #81,462 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,462
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui prend des précautions, qui est prudent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-precautionneux · précautionneux · French
précautionneux · rank #81,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,462
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH proviseurs
Nearest frequency peer: proviseurs (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « précautionneux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- priées
priées
18,543 corpus weight
- proscription
proscription
18,542 corpus weight
- provider
provider
18,541 corpus weight
- proviseurs
proviseurs
18,540 corpus weight
- précautionn…
précautionneux
18,539 corpus weight
- prêterait
prêterait
18,538 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « précautionneux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | précautionneux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁe.ko.sjo.nø\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #81,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « précautionneux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
précautionneux is uncommon French at frequency #81,462 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁe.ko.sjo.nø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui prend des précautions, qui est prudent.".
précautionneux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is précautionneux, spelled P-R-É-C-A-U-T-I-O-N-N-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui prend des précautions, qui est prudent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how précautionneux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La rieuse, qui s’appelait Jeanne et était la fille d’un riche fermier de l’endroit, avouait que son choix était fait depuis longtemps. Puis, curieuse, elle interrogeait sa compagne, avec des détours habiles et précautionneux.
C’est un homme précautionneux.
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); 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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