preneur

\pʁə.nœʁ\

/\pʁə.nœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“preneur” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,036
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui prend, qui a coutume de prendre. Se dit des personnes qui usent habituellement de certaines choses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-preneur · preneur · French

preneur · rank #13,036 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,036
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prenais

Nearest frequency peer: prenais (-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 « preneur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « preneur » 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).

preneur vs prenez
71% similar
preneur vs prêter
57% similar
preneur vs prieur
71% similar

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

Key facts for preneur
PropertyValue
Headwordpreneur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁə.nœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,036
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « preneur »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prenais » (#13,035), « presser » (#13,037), « pourris » (#13,034). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « preneur » est au #13,036. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around preneur (IPA \pʁə.nœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,036 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for preneur, with forms such as "perneur", "ppreneur", and "preenur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "prenez", "prêter", "prieur", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is preneur, spelled P-R-E-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui prend, qui a coutume de prendre. Se dit des personnes qui usent habituellement de certaines choses.
  2. 2
    Celui qui prend des animaux à certaines chasses.
  3. 3
    Celui qui prend une maison à loyer, une terre à ferme, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dix minutes après, les verres remplis circulaient à travers la foule, et trouvaient toujours preneurs, comme des rentes dans un mouvement de hausse.
  2. Vous n’ignorez pas qu’il n’y a que deux sortes d’êtres : les donneurs et les preneurs.

This word in other languages

taker(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • perneur
  • ppreneur
  • preenur
  • preneru
  • preneurr
  • prenneur
  • prenuer
  • prneeur
  • prreneur
  • rpeneur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preneur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

perneur2ppreneur1preenur2preneru2preneurr1prenneur1prenuer2prneeur2
Edit distance from "preneur"

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 "preneur"?
"preneur" is spelled P-R-E-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁə.nœʁ\.
What does "preneur" mean?
As a noun, "preneur" means: Celui qui prend, qui a coutume de prendre. Se dit des personnes qui usent habituellement de certaines choses.
What words are commonly confused with "preneur"?
"preneur" is commonly confused with "prenez", "prêter", "prieur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "preneur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "preneur" is \pʁə.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "preneur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

prenais#13,035presser#13,037pourris#13,034ouragan#13,027

Similar misspelling depth

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

psycho10 variantsrigoles10 variantssaveurs10 variantsMadison10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list