préserver
\pʁe.zɛʁ.ve\
The verdict
“préserver” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,607. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,607
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Garantir quelqu’un ou quelque chose d’un mal qui pourrait lui arriver.
Corpus desk
Index FR-preserver · préserver · French
préserver · rank #4,607 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,607
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH puissante
Nearest frequency peer: puissante (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “préserver”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- promouvoir
promouvoir
95,397 corpus weight
- propagande
propagande
95,396 corpus weight
- préserver
préserver
95,394 corpus weight
- puissante
puissante
95,393 corpus weight
- quai
quai
95,392 corpus weight
- quotidienne
quotidienne
95,391 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “préserver” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | préserver |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁe.zɛʁ.ve\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,607 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “préserver” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around préserver (IPA \pʁe.zɛʁ.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,607 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Garantir quelqu’un ou quelque chose d’un mal qui pourrait lui arriver.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for préserver, with forms such as "ppréserver", "preserver", and "prréserver". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "préservés", "prélever", "présenter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is préserver, spelled P-R-É-S-E-R-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Garantir quelqu’un ou quelque chose d’un mal qui pourrait lui arriver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how préserver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'œuf pondu le vendredi saint préservait de la foudre, mangé il garantissait de la fièvre ou de la rage... Notre œuf de Pâques est certainement un dérivé de ces anciennes coutumes vosgiennes.
Les pompiers de Monthois et de Mouron, avec un zèle et une vigueur dignes d’éloges, attaquèrent l'incendie et parvinrent à préserver l’auberge de Mme Cbarbogne.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppréserver
- preserver
- prréserver
- prséerver
- préesrver
- préserevr
- préserrver
- préserverr
- préservre
- préservver
- présevrer
- présrever
- présserver
- pérserver
- rpéserver
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of préserver - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "préserver", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "préserver" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "préservés". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,607 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.