prétentions
\pʁe.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“prétentions” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,842. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,842
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de prétention.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pretentions · prétentions · French
prétentions · rank #18,842 · 18 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,842
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prétendue
Nearest frequency peer: prétendue (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « prétentions »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- préférerais
préférerais
81,162 corpus weight
- préparant
préparant
81,161 corpus weight
- prétendue
prétendue
81,160 corpus weight
- prétentions
prétentions
81,159 corpus weight
- punaise
punaise
81,158 corpus weight
- pédales
pédales
81,157 corpus weight
What this shows « prétentions » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | prétentions |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #18,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prétentions »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around prétentions (IPA \pʁe.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,842 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de prétention.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for prétentions, with forms such as "pprétentions", "pretentions", and "prrétentions". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "prévention", "protections", "prétention", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is prétentions, spelled P-R-É-T-E-N-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de prétention.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prétentions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme il gérait les propriétés de « Madame », il s’enfermait avec elle pendant des heures dans le cabinet de « Monsieur », et craignait toujours de se compromettre, respectait infiniment la magistrature, avait des prétentions au latin.
Nous dînions souvent tous deux dans le petit troisième de la rue Jacob, moi en robe de chambre à prétentions botticelliennes, lui toujours vêtu de noir, poussiéreux et correct.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pprétentions
- pretentions
- prrétentions
- prtéentions
- préetntions
- prétenitons
- prétenntions
- prétentinos
- prétentionns
- prétentionss
- prétentiosn
- prétentoins
- prétenttions
- prétetnions
- prétnetions
- préttentions
- pértentions
- rpétentions
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prétentions - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).