préoccupations

\pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“préoccupations” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,357
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de préoccupation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-preoccupations · préoccupations · French

préoccupations · rank #7,357 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,357
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prières

Nearest frequency peer: prières (-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 « préoccupations »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « préoccupations » 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).

préoccupations vs préoccupation
93% similar

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

Key facts for préoccupations
PropertyValue
Headwordpréoccupations
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#7,357
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « préoccupations »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).préoccupationsse 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 « prières » (#7,356), « prisons » (#7,355), « Pâques » (#7,359). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « préoccupations » est au #7,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around préoccupations (IPA \pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,357 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de préoccupation.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for préoccupations, with forms such as "ppréoccupations", "preoccupations", and "proéccupations". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "préoccupation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is préoccupations, spelled P-R-É-O-C-C-U-P-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de préoccupation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En premier lieu, Stéphane Hessel et Edgar Morin appellent les politiques à agir, en constituant une nouvelle politique économique et sociale, une politique du bien-vivre, qui intègre la problématique écologique dans ses préoccupations fondamentales, qui "débureaucratise", "désclérose" et "décompétitivise".

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppréoccupations
  • preoccupations
  • proéccupations
  • prréoccupations
  • précocupations
  • préoccpuations
  • préoccuaptions
  • préoccupaitons
  • préoccupatinos
  • préoccupationns
  • préoccupationss
  • préoccupatiosn
  • préoccupatoins
  • préoccupattions
  • préoccuppations
  • préoccuptaions
  • préocucpations
  • préocupations
  • péroccupations
  • rpéoccupations

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of préoccupations - 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.

ppréoccupations1preoccupations1proéccupations2prréoccupations1précocupations2préoccpuations2préoccuaptions2préoccupaitons2
Edit distance from "préoccupations"

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 "préoccupations"?
"préoccupations" is spelled P-R-É-O-C-C-U-P-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "préoccupations" mean?
As a noun, "préoccupations" means: Pluriel de préoccupation.
What words are commonly confused with "préoccupations"?
"préoccupations" is commonly confused with "préoccupation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "préoccupations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "préoccupations" is \pʁe.ɔ.ky.pa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "préoccupations" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list