prélèvent
\pʁe.lɛv\
The verdict
“prélèvent” is uncommon French (frequency #58,184 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,184
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prélever.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prelevent · prélèvent · French
prélèvent · rank #58,184 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,184
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prédisait
Nearest frequency peer: prédisait (-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 « prélèvent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- procurations
procurations
41,821 corpus weight
- prédisait
prédisait
41,818 corpus weight
- prélèvent
prélèvent
41,817 corpus weight
- prévalant
prévalant
41,816 corpus weight
- psychodrame
psychodrame
41,815 corpus weight
- puantes
puantes
41,814 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prélèvent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prélèvent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁe.lɛv\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prélèvent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prélèvent is uncommon French at frequency #58,184 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁe.lɛv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prélèvent, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is prélèvent, spelled P-R-É-L-È-V-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de prélever.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de prélever.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prélèvent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les hommes ont formé une académie galante dont le but principal est de greluchonner ; ils veillent jour et nuit à maintenir l’annuel des nymphes de cette pépinière et prélèvent sur les gains amoureux le salaire de leur office.
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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