preservation
The verdict
“preservation” is uncommon French (frequency #96,262 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,262
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Protection (contre).
Corpus desk
Index FR-preservation · preservation · French
preservation · rank #96,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,262
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH printaniers
Nearest frequency peer: printaniers (+2 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 « preservation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pommeraie
pommeraie
3,743 corpus weight
- preferer
preferer
3,742 corpus weight
- preservation
preservation
3,739 corpus weight
- printaniers
printaniers
3,737 corpus weight
- proclamaient
proclamaient
3,736 corpus weight
- prononçaient
prononçaient
3,735 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « preservation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preservation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #96,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « preservation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
preservation is uncommon French at frequency #96,262 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Protection (contre).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for preservation in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is preservation, spelled P-R-E-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Protection (contre).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how preservation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Preservation de froit
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).