prédation

\pʁe.da.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁe.da.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“prédation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,547. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,547
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de capture d’une proie par son prédateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-predation · prédation · French

prédation · rank #36,547 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,547
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH programmeurs

Nearest frequency peer: programmeurs (-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 « prédation »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « prédation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

prédation vs predator
67% similar
prédation vs privation
78% similar
prédation vs probation
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for prédation
PropertyValue
Headwordprédation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁe.da.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,547
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prédation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).prédationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « programmeurs » (#36,546), « prédisposition » (#36,548), « produisaient » (#36,545). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prédation » est au #36,547. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around prédation (IPA \pʁe.da.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,547 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for prédation, with forms such as "pprédation", "prdéation", and "predation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "predator", "privation", "probation", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is prédation, spelled P-R-É-D-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de capture d’une proie par son prédateur.
  2. 2
    Action nuisible à autrui ou à l’environnement ; comportement de prédateur envers sa propre espèce.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how prédation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vue de loin, la nature semble harmonieuse. Vue de près, on y observe que les plantes cherchent à s’étouffer les unes les autres et que les animaux utilisent la prédation et le parasitisme.
  2. Pour la sociologue Monique Pinçon-Charlot, les riches font subir au reste de la société une violence inouïe. Une violence banalisée grâce à un renversement du langage : les riches seraient des victimes, menacées par l’avidité du peuple. Elle dénonce un processus de déshumanisation, une logique de prédation, une caste qui casse le reste de la société.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprédation
  • prdéation
  • predation
  • prrédation
  • préadtion
  • prédaiton
  • prédatino
  • prédationn
  • prédatoin
  • prédattion
  • préddation
  • prédtaion
  • pérdation
  • rpédation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prédation - 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.

pprédation1prdéation2predation1prrédation1préadtion2prédaiton2prédatino2prédationn1
Edit distance from "prédation"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prédation"?
"prédation" is spelled P-R-É-D-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.da.sjɔ̃\.
What does "prédation" mean?
As a noun, "prédation" means: Action de capture d’une proie par son prédateur.
What words are commonly confused with "prédation"?
"prédation" is commonly confused with "predator", "privation", "probation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prédation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prédation" is \pʁe.da.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prédation" come from?
"prédation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prédation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list