préretraite
\pʁeʁ.tʁɛt\
The verdict
“préretraite” is uncommon French (frequency #78,764 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,764
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retraite anticipée, départ à la retraite avant l’âge usuel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-preretraite · préretraite · French
préretraite · rank #78,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,764
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prépayé
Nearest frequency peer: prépayé (-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 « préretraite »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- précompte
précompte
21,241 corpus weight
- préjudiciel…
préjudicielle
21,239 corpus weight
- prépayé
prépayé
21,238 corpus weight
- préretraite
préretraite
21,237 corpus weight
- présidentes
présidentes
21,236 corpus weight
- présure
présure
21,235 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « préretraite » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | préretraite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁeʁ.tʁɛt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « préretraite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
préretraite is uncommon French at frequency #78,764 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁeʁ.tʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for préretraite, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is préretraite, spelled P-R-É-R-E-T-R-A-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Retraite anticipée, départ à la retraite avant l’âge usuel.
- 2Allocation reçue par les préretraités.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how préretraite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a cotisé assez longtemps pour avoir droit à la préretraite.
La préretraite peut être le moment propice pour inventorier ses ressources et prospecter de nouveaux investissements.
This word in other languages
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 "préretraite"?
What does "préretraite" mean?
How do you pronounce "préretraite"?
What language does "préretraite" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "préretraite", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).