préquelle
\pʁe.kɛl\
The verdict
“préquelle” is uncommon French (frequency #94,163 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,163
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de prequel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prequelle · préquelle · French
préquelle · rank #94,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,163
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prépondérants
Nearest frequency peer: prépondérants (-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 « préquelle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- précipitère…
précipitèrent
5,841 corpus weight
- précontrain…
précontrainte
5,840 corpus weight
- prépondéran…
prépondérants
5,839 corpus weight
- préquelle
préquelle
5,838 corpus weight
- prônaient
prônaient
5,836 corpus weight
- puisera
puisera
5,834 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « préquelle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | préquelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.kɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #94,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « préquelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
préquelle is uncommon French at frequency #94,163 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁe.kɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de prequel.".
préquelle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is préquelle, spelled P-R-É-Q-U-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de prequel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how préquelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il s’agit d’une préquelle qui devrait reposer sur le timing comique de l’acteur Bob Odenkirk.
Alors, vous êtes plutôt tenté par une suite ou par une préquelle pour District 9 ? Et pourquoi pas les deux ?
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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