prévenue
\pʁɛv.ny\
The verdict
“prévenue” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,385
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Celle qui comparaît devant un tribunal correctionnel, à la suite de la commission soupçonnée d’un ou plusieurs délits.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prevenue · prévenue · French
prévenue · rank #22,385 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,385
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH présider
Nearest frequency peer: présider (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “prévenue”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- préceptes
préceptes
77,619 corpus weight
- précurseurs
précurseurs
77,618 corpus weight
- présider
présider
77,617 corpus weight
- prévenue
prévenue
77,616 corpus weight
- prêche
prêche
77,615 corpus weight
- qd
qd
77,614 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “prévenue” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | prévenue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɛv.ny\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prévenue” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around prévenue (IPA \pʁɛv.ny\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,385 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Celle qui comparaît devant un tribunal correctionnel, à la suite de la commission soupçonnée d’un ou plusieurs délits.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for prévenue, with forms such as "pprévenue", "prevenue", and "prrévenue". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "prévue", "Provence", "prévenus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 prévenue, spelled P-R-É-V-E-N-U-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui comparaît devant un tribunal correctionnel, à la suite de la commission soupçonnée d’un ou plusieurs délits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prévenue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les motivations de la cour, consultées par l’Agence France-Presse (AFP) jeudi 24 juillet, montrent que la justice n’a pas validé leur thèse, contrairement aux allégations des soutiens des prévenues.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pprévenue
- prevenue
- prrévenue
- prvéenue
- préevnue
- préveneu
- prévennue
- préveune
- prévneue
- prévvenue
- pérvenue
- rpévenue
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prévenue - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prévenue", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.