préjugé

\pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\

/\pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\/ noun

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The verdict

“préjugé” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,535. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,535
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui a été jugé auparavant dans un cas semblable ou analogue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prejuge · préjugé · French

préjugé · rank #20,535 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,535
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH précisent

Nearest frequency peer: précisent (-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 « préjugé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « préjugé » 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).

préjugé vs preuve
43% similar
préjugé vs prévue
57% similar
préjugé vs prélude
57% similar

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

Key facts for préjugé
PropertyValue
Headwordpréjugé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,535
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « préjugé »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « précisent » (#20,534), « provençal » (#20,533), « prématurément » (#20,537). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « préjugé » est au #20,535. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around préjugé (IPA \pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,535 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for préjugé, with forms such as "ppréjugé", "prejuge", and "prjéugé". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "preuve", "prévue", "prélude", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is préjugé, spelled P-R-É-J-U-G-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui a été jugé auparavant dans un cas semblable ou analogue.
  2. 2
    Jugement porté par avance, d’une opinion qu’on se fait d’avance, d’après les circonstances les apparences favorables ou contraires.
  3. 3
    Opinion généralement reçue et adoptée sans examen.
  4. 4
    Opinion ou jugement, souvent négatif, adopté sans examen critique, visant généralement un groupe ou ses membres, et pouvant conduire à des comportements discriminatoires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cet arrêt est un préjugé pour notre cause.
  2. Vous n'êtes point faits pour vous traîner servilement dans l'ornière des préjugés tyranniques tracée par vos devanciers, ou plutôt vous commencez une nouvelle carrière où personne ne vous a devancés.

Synonyms

parti-pris

This word in other languages

prejudice(English)prejuicio(Español)Vorurteil(Deutsch)preconceito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppréjugé
  • prejuge
  • prjéugé
  • prréjugé
  • préjgué
  • préjjugé
  • préjuggé
  • préjuég
  • préujgé
  • pérjugé
  • rpéjugé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of préjugé - 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.

ppréjugé1prejuge2prjéugé2prréjugé1préjgué2préjjugé1préjuggé1préjuég2
Edit distance from "préjugé"

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 "préjugé"?
"préjugé" is spelled P-R-É-J-U-G-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\.
What does "préjugé" mean?
As a noun, "préjugé" means: Ce qui a été jugé auparavant dans un cas semblable ou analogue.
What words are commonly confused with "préjugé"?
"préjugé" is commonly confused with "preuve", "prévue", "prélude". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "préjugé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "préjugé" is \pʁe.ʒy.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "préjugé" come from?
"préjugé" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prêcher#20,540rayures#20,545relayer#20,547repaire#20,549

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Rimouski11 variantsroquettes11 variantsoliviers11 variantsrévélés11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list