prejudice

\ˈpɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.dɪs\

/\ˈpɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.dɪs\/ noun

The verdict

“prejudice” is uncommon French (frequency #69,323 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,323
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préjugé, parti-pris.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prejudice · prejudice · French

prejudice · rank #69,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,323
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poursuivrait

Nearest frequency peer: poursuivrait (-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 « prejudice »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prejudice » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prejudice
PropertyValue
Headwordprejudice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈpɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.dɪs\
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,323
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « prejudice » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).prejudicetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « poursuivrait » (#69,322), « Prevost » (#69,324), « principle » (#69,325). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prejudice » est au #69,323. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prejudice is uncommon French at frequency #69,323 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.dɪs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préjugé, parti-pris.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for prejudice in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is prejudice, spelled P-R-E-J-U-D-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Préjugé, parti-pris.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prejudice"?
"prejudice" is spelled P-R-E-J-U-D-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.dɪs\.
What does "prejudice" mean?
As a noun, "prejudice" means: Préjugé, parti-pris.
How do you pronounce "prejudice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prejudice" is \ˈpɹɛd͡ʒ.ə.dɪs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prejudice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prejudice", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list