prevenir
\pɾe.beˈniɾ\
The verdict
“prevenir” is uncommon French (frequency #53,552 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,552
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prévenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prevenir · prevenir · French
prevenir · rank #53,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,552
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH precious
Nearest frequency peer: precious (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « prevenir »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- polymorphe
polymorphe
46,453 corpus weight
- postface
postface
46,451 corpus weight
- precious
precious
46,450 corpus weight
- prevenir
prevenir
46,449 corpus weight
- privas
privas
46,447 corpus weight
- privatisée
privatisée
46,446 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prevenir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prevenir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɾe.beˈniɾ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prevenir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prevenir is uncommon French at frequency #53,552 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pɾe.beˈniɾ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prévenir.".
prevenir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is prevenir, spelled P-R-E-V-E-N-I-R.
Definition
- 1Prévenir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prevenir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
José Arcadio Buendía, cuya desaforada imaginación iba siempre más lejos que el ingenio de la naturaleza, y aun más allá del milagro y la magia, pensó que era posible servirse de aquella invención inútil para desentrañar el oro de la tierra. Melquíades, que era un hombre honrado, le previno: «Para eso no sirve».
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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