preference
\ˈpɹɛf.(ə.)ɹ(ə)ns\
The verdict
“preference” is uncommon French (frequency #66,248 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,248
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préférence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-preference · preference · French
preference · rank #66,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,248
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH practices
Nearest frequency peer: practices (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « preference »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ppi
ppi
33,757 corpus weight
- ppt
ppt
33,756 corpus weight
- practices
practices
33,755 corpus weight
- preference
preference
33,753 corpus weight
- proba
proba
33,751 corpus weight
- procurez
procurez
33,750 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « preference » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preference |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpɹɛf.(ə.)ɹ(ə)ns\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « preference » en français
Rare enough to double-check
preference is uncommon French at frequency #66,248 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpɹɛf.(ə.)ɹ(ə)ns\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préférence.".
preference doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is preference, spelled P-R-E-F-E-R-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Préférence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how preference appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"[…] Lizzy is not a bit better than the others; and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good humoured as Lydia. But you are always giving her the preference."
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).