pretium doloris
\pʁe.sjɔm dɔ.lɔ.ʁis\
The verdict
“pretium doloris” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préjudice lié aux souffrances morales ou physiques.
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Index FR-pretium-doloris · pretium doloris · French
pretium doloris · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pretium doloris |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.sjɔm dɔ.lɔ.ʁis\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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pretium doloris is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁe.sjɔm dɔ.lɔ.ʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préjudice lié aux souffrances morales ou physiques.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pretium doloris, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pretium doloris, spelled P-R-E-T-I-U-M- -D-O-L-O-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1Préjudice lié aux souffrances morales ou physiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pretium doloris appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On retient pour les décès le préjudice moral (pretium doloris) des proches et pour les blessés le pretium doloris et le préjudice esthétique.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.