prévarication
\pʁe.va.ʁi.ka.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“prévarication” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grave manquement d’un fonctionnaire, d’un homme d’État, d’un juge… aux devoirs de sa charge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prevarication · prévarication · French
prévarication · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | prévarication |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.va.ʁi.ka.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
prévarication is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁe.va.ʁi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
prévarication has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is prévarication, spelled P-R-É-V-A-R-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Grave manquement d’un fonctionnaire, d’un homme d’État, d’un juge… aux devoirs de sa charge.
- 2Acte de mauvaise foi commis dans une gestion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prévarication appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aujourd’hui, on le comprenait enfin, le silence était devenu impossible, les deux ministres accusés si bruyamment de prévarication devaient répondre, établir leur parfaite innocence, faire sur leur cas la plus éclatante lumière ; sans compter que le Parlement entier ne pouvait rester sous l’accusation d’une vénalité déshonorante.
– Monsieur, votre bienfaiteur profite simplement de son mandat politique pour faire voter l’achat de n’importe quoi, et il fournit lui-même ce n’importe quoi sous le couvert d’un prête-nom. – Mais ce serait de la prévarication ! […] La forme la plus honteuse du vol !
This word in other languages
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.