préféré
French, adjective
préféré is spelled P-R-É-F-É-R-É (7 letters) and appears 58 times per million words in written French, the 1,441st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préféré is a French adjective meaning “favourite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of préférer. With an accent, préfère is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est choisi avant tous les autres ; qui l’aime le plus”.
What does préféré mean in English?
adjective
- 1
favourite
verb
- 1
past participle of préférer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est choisi avant tous les autres ; qui l’aime le plus.
noun: 1. Personne préférée.
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.
Forms of préféré
- préférée feminine
- préférés masculine plural
- préférées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to préféré
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préféré in French?
préféré appears 58 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).