préretraite

\pʁeʁ.tʁɛt\

/\pʁeʁ.tʁɛt\/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « préretraite » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for préretraite
PropertyValue
Headwordpréretraite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁeʁ.tʁɛt\
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,764
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « préretraite » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).préretraitetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « prépayé » (#78,763), « présidentes » (#78,765), « préjudicielle » (#78,762). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « préretraite » est au #78,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Retraite anticipée, départ à la retraite avant l’âge usuel.
  2. 2
    Allocation reçue par les préretraités.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a cotisé assez longtemps pour avoir droit à la préretraite.
  2. 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"?
"préretraite" is spelled P-R-É-R-E-T-R-A-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁeʁ.tʁɛt\.
What does "préretraite" mean?
As a noun, "préretraite" means: Retraite anticipée, départ à la retraite avant l’âge usuel.
How do you pronounce "préretraite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "préretraite" is \pʁeʁ.tʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list