prévoyance

\pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s\

/\pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“prévoyance” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,731
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faculté de prévoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prevoyance · prévoyance · French

prévoyance · rank #15,731 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,731
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH précaires

Nearest frequency peer: précaires (-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 « prévoyance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prévoyance » 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).

prévoyance vs prévoyant
80% similar

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

Key facts for prévoyance
PropertyValue
Headwordprévoyance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,731
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prévoyance »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).prévoyancese 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 « précaires » (#15,730), « pénales » (#15,732), « protestante » (#15,729). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prévoyance » est au #15,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around prévoyance (IPA \pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,731 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for prévoyance, with forms such as "pprévoyance", "prevoyance", and "prrévoyance". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "prévoyant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 prévoyance, spelled P-R-É-V-O-Y-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faculté de prévoir.
  2. 2
    Action de prévoir et de prendre des précautions pour l’avenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'expédition du Mexique détruit notre effectif, anéantit le matériel de notre marine, dilapide nos finances, […]. Cette expédition, qui nous coûte tant, ne nous apprend rien, pas même la prudence et la prévoyance.
  2. La réputation de ce grand homme reposait principalement sur l’autorité avec laquelle il démontrait que l’éternument était une prévoyance de la nature, au moyen de laquelle les penseurs trop profonds pouvaient chasser par le nez le superflu de leurs idées ; […].

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprévoyance
  • prevoyance
  • prrévoyance
  • prvéoyance
  • préovyance
  • prévoaynce
  • prévoyacne
  • prévoyancce
  • prévoyanec
  • prévoyannce
  • prévoynace
  • prévoyyance
  • prévvoyance
  • prévyoance
  • pérvoyance
  • rpévoyance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pprévoyance1prevoyance1prrévoyance1prvéoyance2préovyance2prévoaynce2prévoyacne2prévoyancce1
Edit distance from "prévoyance"

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 "prévoyance"?
"prévoyance" is spelled P-R-É-V-O-Y-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s\.
What does "prévoyance" mean?
As a noun, "prévoyance" means: Faculté de prévoir.
What words are commonly confused with "prévoyance"?
"prévoyance" is commonly confused with "prévoyant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prévoyance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prévoyance" is \pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prévoyance" come from?
"prévoyance" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list