privé

\pʁi.ve\

/\pʁi.ve\/ adj

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The verdict

“privé” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,273
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Particulier, sans caractère public.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prive · privé · French

privé · rank #1,273 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,273
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH parlé

Nearest frequency peer: parlé (-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 « privé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « privé » 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).

privé vs prix
60% similar
privé vs proie
40% similar
privé vs prône
40% similar

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

Key facts for privé
PropertyValue
Headwordprivé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁi.ve\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,273
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « privé »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).privése place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « parlé » (#1,272), « procès » (#1,274), « pareil » (#1,271). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « privé » est au #1,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around privé (IPA \pʁi.ve\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,273 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for privé, with forms such as "pirvé", "pprivé", and "prive". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prix", "proie", "prône", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 privé, spelled P-R-I-V-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Particulier, sans caractère public.
  2. 2
    Qui est relatif à un simple particulier ; opposé à public, en parlant d’une chose.
  3. 3
    Qui concerne la vie privée.
  4. 4
    Qualifie une autorité particulière, personnelle.
  5. 5
    Réservé à certains particuliers ; qui n’est pas public.
  6. 6
    Qui est apprivoisé.
  7. 7
    Se dit d’une variable dont la portée est restreinte à la seule classe ou fonction qui la contient.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vivre en homme privé.
  2. Une personne publique est obligée à plus de circonspection qu’une personne privée.

Synonyms

intimepersonnel

Antonyms

public

This word in other languages

private(English)privado(Español)privat(Deutsch)privado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirvé
  • pprivé
  • prive
  • privvé
  • priév
  • prrivé
  • prvié
  • rpivé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of privé - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

pirvé2pprivé1prive1privvé1priév2prrivé1prvié2rpivé2
Edit distance from "privé"

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 "privé"?
"privé" is spelled P-R-I-V-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁi.ve\.
What does "privé" mean?
As an adjective, "privé" means: Particulier, sans caractère public.
What words are commonly confused with "privé"?
"privé" is commonly confused with "prix", "proie", "prône". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "privé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "privé" is \pʁi.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "privé" come from?
"privé" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parlé#1,272futur#1,266vingt#1,281froid#1,264

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

pareil8 variantsrapide8 variantsnouvel8 variantsmalade8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list