précontraint
\pʁe.kɔ̃.tʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“précontraint” is uncommon French (frequency #91,059 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,059
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est soumis à une précontrainte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-precontraint · précontraint · French
précontraint · rank #91,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,059
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH proéminentes
Nearest frequency peer: proéminentes (-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 « précontraint »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- proscrites
proscrites
8,945 corpus weight
- prosecco
prosecco
8,944 corpus weight
- proéminentes
proéminentes
8,943 corpus weight
- précontraint
précontraint
8,942 corpus weight
- prédominants
prédominants
8,941 corpus weight
- préparatif
préparatif
8,940 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « précontraint » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | précontraint |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁe.kɔ̃.tʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #91,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « précontraint » en français
Rare enough to double-check
précontraint is uncommon French at frequency #91,059 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁe.kɔ̃.tʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est soumis à une précontrainte.".
précontraint 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is précontraint, spelled P-R-É-C-O-N-T-R-A-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est soumis à une précontrainte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how précontraint appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans l’étude de l’élément précontraint, il sera supposé dans ce qui suit que ses sections sont suffisamment éloignées des extrémités et étant planes avant déformation, restent planes après elles.
Le but que l’on se propose en disposant des armatures précontraintes est d’éliminer les tensions dans le béton.
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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