prévoyant

\pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃\

/\pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“prévoyant” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,470. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,470
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui juge par avance qu'une chose devrait arriver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prevoyant · prévoyant · French

prévoyant · rank #15,470 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,470
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH préparations

Nearest frequency peer: préparations (-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 « prévoyant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prévoyant » 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).

prévoyant vs prévoyons
78% similar
prévoyant vs prévoyait
89% similar
prévoyant vs prévoient
78% similar

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

Key facts for prévoyant
PropertyValue
Headwordprévoyant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,470
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prévoyant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).prévoyantse 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 « préparations » (#15,469), « psa » (#15,471), « protéine » (#15,468). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prévoyant » est au #15,470. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around prévoyant (IPA \pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,470 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for prévoyant, with forms such as "pprévoyant", "prevoyant", and "prrévoyant". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "prévoyons", "prévoyait", "prévoient", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is prévoyant, spelled P-R-É-V-O-Y-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui juge par avance qu'une chose devrait arriver.
  2. 2
    Qui s’assure à l’avance des conséquences de ce qui va ou ce qui peut arriver.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les prévoyantes paroles de son père retentissaient derechef à son oreille, et sa conscience lui reprochait d’en avoir méconnu la sagesse.
  2. Moraliste prévoyant, il expulsa les jésuites du Danemark ; savant éclairé, il fut, comme son père Frédéric II, le protecteur de Ticho-Brahé, l’illustre astronome à qui l’on doit la découverte de la planète Mercure.

This word in other languages

foresighted(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprévoyant
  • prevoyant
  • prrévoyant
  • prvéoyant
  • préovyant
  • prévoaynt
  • prévoyannt
  • prévoyantt
  • prévoyatn
  • prévoynat
  • prévoyyant
  • prévvoyant
  • prévyoant
  • pérvoyant
  • rpévoyant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prévoyant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

pprévoyant1prevoyant1prrévoyant1prvéoyant2préovyant2prévoaynt2prévoyannt1prévoyantt1
Edit distance from "prévoyant"

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 "prévoyant"?
"prévoyant" is spelled P-R-É-V-O-Y-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃\.
What does "prévoyant" mean?
As an adjective, "prévoyant" means: Qui juge par avance qu'une chose devrait arriver.
What words are commonly confused with "prévoyant"?
"prévoyant" is commonly confused with "prévoyons", "prévoyait", "prévoient". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prévoyant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prévoyant" is \pʁe.vwa.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prévoyant" come from?
"prévoyant" 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 "prévoyant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list