prévient

\pʁe.vjɛ̃\

/\pʁe.vjɛ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“prévient” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,231. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,231
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-previent · prévient · French

prévient · rank #12,231 · 13 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,231
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prévenus

Nearest frequency peer: prévenus (-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 « prévient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prévient » 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).

prévient vs prient
75% similar
prévient vs privent
75% similar
prévient vs preview
63% similar

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

Key facts for prévient
PropertyValue
Headwordprévient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁe.vjɛ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,231
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prévient »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).prévientse 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 « prévenus » (#12,230), « quotidiennes » (#12,232), « prétention » (#12,229). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prévient » est au #12,231. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around prévient (IPA \pʁe.vjɛ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,231 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévenir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for prévient, with forms such as "pprévient", "previent", and "prrévient". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "prient", "privent", "preview", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prévient, spelled P-R-É-V-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « La question du français au Québec ? C’est de la nitroglycérine ! Un sujet explosif ! », prévient Éric Bouchard, du mouvement pour un Québec français (MQF).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprévient
  • previent
  • prrévient
  • prvéient
  • préivent
  • préveint
  • préviennt
  • prévientt
  • prévietn
  • prévinet
  • prévvient
  • pérvient
  • rpévient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prévient - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pprévient1previent1prrévient1prvéient2préivent2préveint2préviennt1prévientt1
Edit distance from "prévient"

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 "prévient"?
"prévient" is spelled P-R-É-V-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.vjɛ̃\.
What does "prévient" mean?
As a verb, "prévient" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prévenir.
What words are commonly confused with "prévient"?
"prévient" is commonly confused with "prient", "privent", "preview". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prévient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prévient" is \pʁe.vjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prévient" come from?
"prévient" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prévenus#12,230research#12,237profonds#12,223parasite#12,211

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

prenaient13 variantspratiquée13 variantsoptimiser13 variantsmédiévale13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list