préjudiciable

\pʁe.ʒy.di.sjabl\

/\pʁe.ʒy.di.sjabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“préjudiciable” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,834
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est nuisible ; qui porte ou qui cause du préjudice ; qui fait tort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prejudiciable · préjudiciable · French

préjudiciable · rank #26,834 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #26,834
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH préoccupent

Nearest frequency peer: préoccupent (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « préjudiciable »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « préjudiciable » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

préjudiciable vs préjudiciables
93% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for préjudiciable
PropertyValue
Headwordpréjudiciable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁe.ʒy.di.sjabl\
Letters13
Frequency rank#26,834
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « préjudiciable »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).préjudiciablese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « préoccupent » (#26,835), « profusion » (#26,832), « prévisibles » (#26,836). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « préjudiciable » est au #26,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around préjudiciable (IPA \pʁe.ʒy.di.sjabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,834 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est nuisible ; qui porte ou qui cause du préjudice ; qui fait tort.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for préjudiciable, with forms such as "ppréjudiciable", "prejudiciable", and "prjéudiciable". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "préjudiciables", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is préjudiciable, spelled P-R-É-J-U-D-I-C-I-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est nuisible ; qui porte ou qui cause du préjudice ; qui fait tort.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how préjudiciable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Certes ! il eût été préférable qu’aucun de leurs auteurs ne fut mort ou que la division ne se fût pas mise entre les époux ; mais étant donnée cette rupture du lien conjugal par mésintelligence ou par décès, la solution la plus préjudiciable pour les enfants est celle qui leur donne pour surveillant, pour éducateur, qu’un homme seul, ou qu’une femme seule.
  2. Souvent non dissous lors de la fusion des matières premières, les infusibles se désintègrent sous les températures élevées des fours et génèrent des micro-inclusions préjudiciables.

This word in other languages

damaging(English)perjudicial(Español)prejudicial(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppréjudiciable
  • prejudiciable
  • prjéudiciable
  • prréjudiciable
  • préjduiciable
  • préjjudiciable
  • préjudciiable
  • préjuddiciable
  • préjudicaible
  • préjudicciable
  • préjudiciabble
  • préjudiciabel
  • préjudiciablle
  • préjudicialbe
  • préjudicibale
  • préjudiicable
  • préjuidciable
  • préujdiciable
  • pérjudiciable
  • rpéjudiciable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of préjudiciable - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ppréjudiciable1prejudiciable1prjéudiciable2prréjudiciable1préjduiciable2préjjudiciable1préjudciiable2préjuddiciable1
Edit distance from "préjudiciable"

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 "préjudiciable"?
"préjudiciable" is spelled P-R-É-J-U-D-I-C-I-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.ʒy.di.sjabl\.
What does "préjudiciable" mean?
As an adjective, "préjudiciable" means: Qui est nuisible ; qui porte ou qui cause du préjudice ; qui fait tort.
What words are commonly confused with "préjudiciable"?
"préjudiciable" is commonly confused with "préjudiciables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "préjudiciable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "préjudiciable" is \pʁe.ʒy.di.sjabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "préjudiciable" come from?
"préjudiciable" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list