prédestination

\pʁe.dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁe.dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“prédestination” is an uncommon French word, ranked #67,025 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#67,025
frequency rank, French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de prédestiner, détermination inévitable des événements, indépendante de la volonté des individus.

Key facts for prédestination
PropertyValue
Headwordprédestination
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁe.dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#67,025
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prédestination” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). prédestination lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for prédestination is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁe.dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #67,025 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

prédestination doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prédestination, spelled P-R-É-D-E-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de prédestiner, détermination inévitable des événements, indépendante de la volonté des individus.
  2. 2
    Doctrine qui affirme que le salut des hommes est fixé par la grâce de Dieu ; le libre arbitre est donc restreint, mais plus ou moins, selon les auteurs traitant la question depuis Augustin d'Hippone.
  3. 3
    Doctrine qui affirme que le salut des hommes est fixé par la grâce de Dieu ; le libre arbitre est donc restreint, mais plus ou moins, selon les auteurs traitant la question depuis Augustin d'Hippone.

Antonyms

pélagianisme

This word in other languages

predestination(English)Prädestination(Deutsch)predestinação(Português)

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 "prédestination"?
"prédestination" is spelled P-R-É-D-E-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "prédestination" mean?
As a noun, "prédestination" means: Action de prédestiner, détermination inévitable des événements, indépendante de la volonté des individus.
How do you pronounce "prédestination"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prédestination" is \pʁe.dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prédestination" come from?
"prédestination" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “prédestination”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-R-É-D-E-S-T-I-N-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pʁe.dɛs.ti.na.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list