prévernal
\pʁe.vɛʁ.nal\
The verdict
“prévernal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne le début du printemps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prevernal · prévernal · French
prévernal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prévernal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁe.vɛʁ.nal\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
prévernal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁe.vɛʁ.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui concerne le début du printemps.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for prévernal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is prévernal, spelled P-R-É-V-E-R-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne le début du printemps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prévernal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À cette courte période succède, après une interruption hivernale assez courte, un regain prévernal où les diverses espèces commencent à manifester un évident essor, mais en moindre nombre cependant qu’au cours de l’automne.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.