prévention

\pʁe.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁe.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“prévention” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,014. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,014
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de prévenir ; mesure à prendre pour prévenir certains risques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prevention · prévention · French

prévention · rank #4,014 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,014
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH précédemment

Nearest frequency peer: précédemment (-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 « prévention »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prévention » 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).

prévention vs préventive
80% similar
prévention vs préventif
80% similar
prévention vs prétention
90% similar

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

Key facts for prévention
PropertyValue
Headwordprévention
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁe.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,014
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prévention »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.préventionse 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 « précédemment » (#4,013), « périodes » (#4,015), « producteur » (#4,012). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prévention » est au #4,014. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around prévention (IPA \pʁe.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,014 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for prévention, with forms such as "pprévention", "prevention", and "prrévention". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "préventive", "préventif", "prétention", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is prévention, spelled P-R-É-V-E-N-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de prévenir ; mesure à prendre pour prévenir certains risques.
  2. 2
    Organisation qui a la charge de cette action.
  3. 3
    ou Opinion préconçue, favorable ou défavorable, antérieure à tout raisonnement ou examen.
  4. 4
    État d’un homme prévenu de délit, de crime.
  5. 5
    Préventive ; détention d'un prévenu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Place Charles-Surugue, des feldgendarmes apprennent aux Auxerrois à traverser dans les passages cloutés qu'ils semblaient ignorer. C'est une leçon de prévention routière avant la lettre.
  2. Le médecin traitant et le pneumologue en particulier ont donc un rôle important, en liaison avec le médecin du travail pour intervenir à tous les stades de la prévention primaire, secondaire et tertiaire vis-à-vis des risques respiratoires d’origine professionnelle.

This word in other languages

prevention(English)prevención(Español)Prävention(Deutsch)prevenção(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprévention
  • prevention
  • prrévention
  • prvéention
  • préevntion
  • préveniton
  • prévenntion
  • préventino
  • préventionn
  • préventoin
  • préventtion
  • prévetnion
  • prévnetion
  • prévvention
  • pérvention
  • rpévention

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prévention - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

pprévention1prevention1prrévention1prvéention2préevntion2préveniton2prévenntion1préventino2
Edit distance from "prévention"

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 "prévention"?
"prévention" is spelled P-R-É-V-E-N-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
What does "prévention" mean?
As a noun, "prévention" means: Action de prévenir ; mesure à prendre pour prévenir certains risques.
What words are commonly confused with "prévention"?
"prévention" is commonly confused with "préventive", "préventif", "prétention". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prévention"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prévention" is \pʁe.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prévention" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

producteur#4,012compétence#4,057considérée#4,061supporters#3,966

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

fantastique16 variantsexemplaires16 variantsinstrument16 variantsnationalité16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list