préoccupation
\pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“préoccupation” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,225
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disposition d’un esprit tellement occupé d’un objet qu’il ne peut prêter à un autre qu’une moindre attention.
Corpus desk
Index FR-preoccupation · préoccupation · French
préoccupation · rank #9,225 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #9,225
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH précisions
Nearest frequency peer: précisions (-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 « préoccupation »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- procédés
procédés
90,779 corpus weight
- prospérité
prospérité
90,778 corpus weight
- précisions
précisions
90,777 corpus weight
- préoccupati…
préoccupation
90,776 corpus weight
- psychologue
psychologue
90,775 corpus weight
- pédagogie
pédagogie
90,774 corpus weight
What this shows « préoccupation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | préoccupation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #9,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « préoccupation »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around préoccupation (IPA \pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,225 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for préoccupation, with forms such as "ppréoccupation", "preoccupation", and "proéccupation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "préoccupations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is préoccupation, spelled P-R-É-O-C-C-U-P-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Disposition d’un esprit tellement occupé d’un objet qu’il ne peut prêter à un autre qu’une moindre attention.
- 2Souci.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how préoccupation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A l'âge qu'il avait, le sommeil ne perd jamais ses droits, et, en dépit de ses préoccupations et des inquiétudes du lendemain, il dormit aussi bien que dormit le grand Condé, la veille de la bataille de Rocroy.
Sa première préoccupation ce fut de collationner tous les manuscrits du Talmud qu'il put se procurer, afin de s'assurer d'un texte correct.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppréoccupation
- preoccupation
- proéccupation
- prréoccupation
- précocupation
- préoccpuation
- préoccuaption
- préoccupaiton
- préoccupatino
- préoccupationn
- préoccupatoin
- préoccupattion
- préoccuppation
- préoccuptaion
- préocucpation
- préocupation
- péroccupation
- rpéoccupation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of préoccupation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).