prévenu
\pʁɛv.ny\
The verdict
“prévenu” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,794. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,794
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a par avance des sentiments favorables ou défavorables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prévenu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɛv.ny\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prévenu” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around prévenu (IPA \pʁɛv.ny\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,794 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a par avance des sentiments favorables ou défavorables.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prévenu, with forms such as "pprévenu", "prevenu", and "prrévenu". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "prévu", "Prévert", "privent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 prévenu, spelled P-R-É-V-E-N-U.
Definition
- 1Qui a par avance des sentiments favorables ou défavorables.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pprévenu
- prevenu
- prrévenu
- prvéenu
- préevnu
- prévennu
- préveun
- prévneu
- prévvenu
- pérvenu
- rpévenu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prévenu - 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.
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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Using “prévenu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-É-V-E-N-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁɛv.ny\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “prévu” - see the side-by-side comparison. prévenu vs prévu
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.