préludes
\pʁe.lyd\
The verdict
“préludes” is uncommon French (frequency #61,060 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,060
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de prélude.
Corpus desk
Index FR-preludes · préludes · French
préludes · rank #61,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,060
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH promettaient
Nearest frequency peer: promettaient (-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 « préludes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- prohibées
prohibées
38,944 corpus weight
- prolongeait
prolongeait
38,943 corpus weight
- promettaient
promettaient
38,942 corpus weight
- préludes
préludes
38,941 corpus weight
- prévenait
prévenait
38,940 corpus weight
- prévisionne…
prévisionnelle
38,939 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « préludes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | préludes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.lyd\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « préludes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
préludes is uncommon French at frequency #61,060 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁe.lyd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de prélude.".
Zero misspellings are on record for préludes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is préludes, spelled P-R-É-L-U-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de prélude.
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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