precedence
\ˈprɛ.sɪ.dəns\
The verdict
“precedence” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Priorité, préséance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-precedence · precedence · French
precedence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | precedence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈprɛ.sɪ.dəns\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « precedence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
precedence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈprɛ.sɪ.dəns\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Priorité, préséance.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for precedence, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is precedence, spelled P-R-E-C-E-D-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Priorité, préséance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how precedence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An emergency vehicle has precedence over passenger vehicles.
When a newer Act of Parliament is incompatible with earlier law, it usually takes precedence, under the doctrine of “implied repeal”.
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.