prédatrice

\pʁe.da.tʁis\

/\pʁe.da.tʁis\/ noun

The verdict

“prédatrice” is uncommon French (frequency #68,576 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,576
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal qui chasse d’autres animaux pour s’en nourrir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-predatrice · prédatrice · French

prédatrice · rank #68,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,576
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH précession

Nearest frequency peer: précession (-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 « prédatrice »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prédatrice » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prédatrice
PropertyValue
Headwordprédatrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁe.da.tʁis\
Letters10
Frequency rank#68,576
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « prédatrice » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).prédatricetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « précession » (#68,575), « prédications » (#68,577), « provocantes » (#68,574). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prédatrice » est au #68,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prédatrice is uncommon French at frequency #68,576 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁe.da.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for prédatrice in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is prédatrice, spelled P-R-É-D-A-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal qui chasse d’autres animaux pour s’en nourrir.
  2. 2
    Celle qui considère les autres comme des proies.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La première [abeille], aux rayures caractéristiques noires et jaunes, est une prédatrice carnivore individualiste qui ne fabrique pas de miel et possède la faculté, grâce à son aiguillon lisse, de piquer plusieurs fois.
  2. Elle commençait de même à s’accoutumer à la souffrance — un concept absent de sa mémoire mentale et organique — qui la cernait à la façon d’une prédatrice omniprésente et tenace.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prédatrice"?
"prédatrice" is spelled P-R-É-D-A-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.da.tʁis\.
What does "prédatrice" mean?
As a noun, "prédatrice" means: Animal qui chasse d’autres animaux pour s’en nourrir.
How do you pronounce "prédatrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prédatrice" is \pʁe.da.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prédatrice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list