préférablement
French, adverb/pʁe.fe.ʁa.blə.mɑ̃/
préférablement is spelled P-R-É-F-É-R-A-B-L-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préférablement is a French adverb meaning “preferably” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “De préférence”.
What does préférablement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
preferably
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. De préférence.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce préférablement?
- /pʁe.fe.ʁa.blə.mɑ̃/
- \pʁe.fe.ʁa.blə.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to préférablement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préférablement in French?
préférablement appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).