prédécesseurs
\pʁe.de.se.sœʁ\
The verdict
“prédécesseurs” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,227
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de prédécesseur.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prédécesseurs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.de.se.sœʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #12,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prédécesseurs” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around prédécesseurs (IPA \pʁe.de.se.sœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,227 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de prédécesseur.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for prédécesseurs, with forms such as "pprédécesseurs", "prdéécesseurs", and "predecesseurs". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "prédécesseur", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is prédécesseurs, spelled P-R-É-D-É-C-E-S-S-E-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de prédécesseur.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pprédécesseurs,prdéécesseurs,predecesseurs,prrédécesseurs,prédcéesseurs,préddécesseurs,prédéccesseurs,prédécesesurs,prédéceseurs,prédécesserus,prédécesseurrs,prédécesseurss,prédécesseusr,prédécessuers,prédécseseurs,prédéecsseurs,préédcesseurs,pérdécesseurs,rpédécesseurs
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prédécesseurs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Using “prédécesseurs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-É-D-É-C-E-S-S-E-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁe.de.se.sœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “prédécesseur” - see the side-by-side comparison. prédécesseurs vs prédécesseur
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.