préfet de discipline
\pʁe.fɛ də di.si.plin\
The verdict
“préfet de discipline” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans les écoles religieuses, personne chargée de la surveillance des études et des questions de discipline.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prefet-de-discipline · préfet de discipline · French
préfet de discipline · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | préfet de discipline |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.fɛ də di.si.plin\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
préfet de discipline is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁe.fɛ də di.si.plin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans les écoles religieuses, personne chargée de la surveillance des études et des questions de discipline.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for préfet de discipline, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is préfet de discipline, spelled P-R-É-F-E-T- -D-E- -D-I-S-C-I-P-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Dans les écoles religieuses, personne chargée de la surveillance des études et des questions de discipline.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how préfet de discipline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Visite du père Lionel Thueux, curé de Jouy-en-Josas. Il était préfet de discipline au collège Saint-Érembert de Saint-Germain-en-Laye quand j’y étais élève en 1936, 37 et 38.
Synonyms
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.