préceptrice
\pʁe.sɛp.tʁis\
The verdict
“préceptrice” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui est chargée de l’instruction et de l’éducation d’un enfant ou d’un adolescent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-preceptrice · préceptrice · French
préceptrice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | préceptrice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.sɛp.tʁis\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « préceptrice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
préceptrice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁe.sɛp.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celle qui est chargée de l’instruction et de l’éducation d’un enfant ou d’un adolescent.".
No misspelling variants are generated for préceptrice in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is préceptrice, spelled P-R-É-C-E-P-T-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui est chargée de l’instruction et de l’éducation d’un enfant ou d’un adolescent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how préceptrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La préceptrice de deux jeunes enfants a l’impression que deux fantômes, ceux de l’ancienne préceptrice des enfants et son amant, cherchent à nuire aux innocents.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.