prédilection
\pʁe.di.lɛk.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“prédilection” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,844. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,844
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préférence d’amitié, d’affection, de goût.
Corpus desk
Index FR-predilection · prédilection · French
prédilection · rank #12,844 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,844
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH précédant
Nearest frequency peer: précédant (-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 « prédilection »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- provinciaux
provinciaux
87,160 corpus weight
- provoquent
provoquent
87,159 corpus weight
- précédant
précédant
87,158 corpus weight
- prédilection
prédilection
87,157 corpus weight
- présentera
présentera
87,156 corpus weight
- puissions
puissions
87,154 corpus weight
What this shows « prédilection » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | prédilection |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.di.lɛk.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #12,844 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prédilection »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around prédilection (IPA \pʁe.di.lɛk.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,844 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Préférence d’amitié, d’affection, de goût.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for prédilection, with forms such as "pprédilection", "prdéilection", and "predilection". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "prédiction", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is prédilection, spelled P-R-É-D-I-L-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Préférence d’amitié, d’affection, de goût.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prédilection appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je devine toujours la raison de ces prédilections que dans le monde on qualifie poliment d'indéfinissables !
Comme je n'avais aucune prédilection particulière pour la mer de glace, je remis au lendemain la visite que je comptais lui faire, et nous partîmes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pprédilection
- prdéilection
- predilection
- prrédilection
- préddilection
- prédielction
- prédilcetion
- prédilecction
- prédileciton
- prédilectino
- prédilectionn
- prédilectoin
- prédilecttion
- prédiletcion
- prédillection
- prédliection
- préidlection
- pérdilection
- rpédilection
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prédilection - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).