prégnante
\pʁeɡ.nɑ̃t\
The verdict
“prégnante” is uncommon French (frequency #59,556 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,556
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de prégnant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pregnante · prégnante · French
prégnante · rank #59,556 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,556
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prédominent
Nearest frequency peer: prédominent (-1 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 « prégnante »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- proliférer
proliférer
40,448 corpus weight
- prosaïque
prosaïque
40,447 corpus weight
- prédominent
prédominent
40,446 corpus weight
- prégnante
prégnante
40,445 corpus weight
- prévoie
prévoie
40,444 corpus weight
- prêchant
prêchant
40,443 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prégnante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prégnante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁeɡ.nɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prégnante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prégnante is uncommon French at frequency #59,556 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁeɡ.nɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for prégnante in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is prégnante, spelled P-R-É-G-N-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de prégnant.
- 2(en parlant d’une femme) Qui est en état de gestation, enceinte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prégnante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette question mariant sécurité et efficacité dans des élevages dont la taille va croissant tandis que la main d’œuvre, elle, se fait rare, est de plus en plus prégnante avec les nombreuses interventions qui émaillent la vie des cheptels, allaitants notamment : pour piquer, vacciner, trier, écorner, tondre, parer… il faut alloter, désalloter.
Ou bien que n’ai-je été prégnante dès le soir de nos noces !…
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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