préventifs
\pʁe.vɑ̃.tif\
The verdict
“préventifs” is uncommon French (frequency #52,925 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,925
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de préventif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-preventifs · préventifs · French
préventifs · rank #52,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,925
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prussiennes
Nearest frequency peer: prussiennes (-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 « préventifs »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- proscrits
proscrits
47,079 corpus weight
- prospectives
prospectives
47,078 corpus weight
- prussiennes
prussiennes
47,077 corpus weight
- préventifs
préventifs
47,076 corpus weight
- psautier
psautier
47,075 corpus weight
- psychology
psychology
47,074 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « préventifs » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | préventifs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁe.vɑ̃.tif\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « préventifs » en français
Rare enough to double-check
préventifs is uncommon French at frequency #52,925 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁe.vɑ̃.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de préventif.".
préventifs doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is préventifs, spelled P-R-É-V-E-N-T-I-F-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de préventif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how préventifs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parmi les traitements préventifs figure le traitement hormonal de la ménopause (THM), qui garde un intérêt en prévention primaire (avant fracture) pour atténuer la perte osseuse après la ménopause, mais prescrit au cas par cas, à la plus faible dose efficace et sur la durée la plus courte possible, sous stricte surveillance médicale.
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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