prééminent
\pʁe.e.mi.nɑ̃\
The verdict
“prééminent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est au-dessus des autres choses du même genre, en parlant surtout de caractères moraux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-preeminent · prééminent · French
prééminent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prééminent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁe.e.mi.nɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prééminent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prééminent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁe.e.mi.nɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est au-dessus des autres choses du même genre, en parlant surtout de caractères moraux.".
prééminent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 prééminent, spelled P-R-É-É-M-I-N-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est au-dessus des autres choses du même genre, en parlant surtout de caractères moraux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prééminent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une dignité prééminente.
La charité est la vertu prééminente.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.