prévaut

\pʁe.vo\

/\pʁe.vo\/ verb

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The verdict

“prévaut” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,046. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,046
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévaloir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prevaut · prévaut · French

prévaut · rank #22,046 · 11 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,046
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prétendait

Nearest frequency peer: prétendait (-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 « prévaut »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « prévaut » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

prévaut vs prévu
71% similar
prévaut vs prévue
71% similar
prévaut vs prévus
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for prévaut
PropertyValue
Headwordprévaut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁe.vo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,046
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prévaut »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).prévautse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prétendait » (#22,045), « prédominance » (#22,044), « psaume » (#22,048). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prévaut » est au #22,046. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around prévaut (IPA \pʁe.vo\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,046 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévaloir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prévaut, with forms such as "pprévaut", "prevaut", and "prrévaut". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "prévu", "prévue", "prévus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prévaut, spelled P-R-É-V-A-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévaloir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how prévaut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’opinion prévaut, dans la capitale, que le pays, à la faveur de la paix, se « vietminhise » sur un rythme accéléré.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprévaut
  • prevaut
  • prrévaut
  • prvéaut
  • préavut
  • prévatu
  • prévautt
  • prévuat
  • prévvaut
  • pérvaut
  • rpévaut

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prévaut - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pprévaut1prevaut1prrévaut1prvéaut2préavut2prévatu2prévautt1prévuat2
Edit distance from "prévaut"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prévaut"?
"prévaut" is spelled P-R-É-V-A-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.vo\.
What does "prévaut" mean?
As a verb, "prévaut" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévaloir.
What words are commonly confused with "prévaut"?
"prévaut" is commonly confused with "prévu", "prévue", "prévus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prévaut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prévaut" is \pʁe.vo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prévaut" come from?
"prévaut" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prévaut", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pèlerin#22,053popcorn#22,036pléiade#22,034ramenez#22,059

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

pressing11 variantsracailles11 variantsrentrez11 variantspaperasse11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list