prélat

\pʁe.la\

/\pʁe.la\/ noun

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The verdict

“prélat” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,827. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,827
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui a une dignité considérable dans l’Église, avec juridiction spirituelle ou, jadis, temporelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prelat · prélat · French

prélat · rank #20,827 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,827
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH présentez

Nearest frequency peer: présentez (+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 « prélat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prélat » 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).

prélat vs prépa
67% similar
prélat vs prévôt
67% similar
prélat vs Primat
50% similar

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

Key facts for prélat
PropertyValue
Headwordprélat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁe.la\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,827
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prélat »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).prélatse 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 « présentez » (#20,828), « prudemment » (#20,825), « péquistes » (#20,829). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prélat » est au #20,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around prélat (IPA \pʁe.la\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,827 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for prélat, with forms such as "pprélat", "prelat", and "prléat". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "prépa", "prévôt", "Primat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prélat, spelled P-R-É-L-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui a une dignité considérable dans l’Église, avec juridiction spirituelle ou, jadis, temporelle.
  2. 2
    Ecclésiastique qui a droit de porter le violet, à la cour de Rome.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De votre dignité soutenez mieux l'éclat : Est-ce pour travailler que vous êtes prélat?
  2. Tout ce monde achète, vend, brocante. Des prélats spéculent sur les terrains et les construction, des lazaristes sur les agences de recrutement militaire, etc., etc.

This word in other languages

prelate(English)prelado(Español)Prälat(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprélat
  • prelat
  • prléat
  • prrélat
  • préalt
  • prélatt
  • préllat
  • prélta
  • pérlat
  • rpélat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prélat - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pprélat1prelat1prléat2prrélat1préalt2prélatt1préllat1prélta2
Edit distance from "prélat"

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 "prélat"?
"prélat" is spelled P-R-É-L-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.la\.
What does "prélat" mean?
As a noun, "prélat" means: Celui qui a une dignité considérable dans l’Église, avec juridiction spirituelle ou, jadis, temporelle.
What words are commonly confused with "prélat"?
"prélat" is commonly confused with "prépa", "prévôt", "Primat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prélat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prélat" is \pʁe.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prélat" come from?
"prélat" 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 "prélat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prompt#20,822phoque#20,815perses#20,814tordre#20,869

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

raclette10 variantsrefuges10 variantsrivages10 variantsoptimal10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list