previous
\ˈpɹiː.vi.əs\
The verdict
“previous” is uncommon French (frequency #87,971 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,971
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien, précédent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-previous · previous · French
previous · rank #87,971 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,971
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pressurisation
Nearest frequency peer: pressurisation (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « previous »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pressentant
pressentant
12,033 corpus weight
- pressurage
pressurage
12,032 corpus weight
- pressurisat…
pressurisation
12,031 corpus weight
- previous
previous
12,030 corpus weight
- priera
priera
12,029 corpus weight
- priser
priser
12,028 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « previous » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | previous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈpɹiː.vi.əs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « previous » en français
Rare enough to double-check
previous is uncommon French at frequency #87,971 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈpɹiː.vi.əs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for previous in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is previous, spelled P-R-E-V-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Ancien, précédent.
- 2Antérieur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how previous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Each next generation is an improvement on the previous one.
The previous presidents of the society were much more effective than our current president.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).