preservation
The verdict
“preservation” is an uncommon French word, ranked #96,262 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #96,262
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Protection (contre).
| 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) |
Where “preservation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for preservation is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #96,262 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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).
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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Using “preservation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-E-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.