privilège

\pʁi.vi.lɛʒ\

/\pʁi.vi.lɛʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“privilège” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,732 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#6,732
frequency rank, French
9
letters
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faculté accordée à un particulier ou à une communauté de faire quelque chose ou de jouir de quelque avantage qui n’est pas de droit commun.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

privilège vs privilèges
90% similar
privilège vs privilégié
70% similar
privilège vs privilégier
73% similar

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

Key facts for privilège
PropertyValue
Headwordprivilège
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁi.vi.lɛʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,732
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “privilège” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). privilège lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for privilège is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁi.vi.lɛʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,732 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for privilège, with forms such as "pirvilège", "pprivilège", and "priivlège". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "privilèges", "privilégié", "privilégier", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is privilège, spelled P-R-I-V-I-L-È-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faculté accordée à un particulier ou à une communauté de faire quelque chose ou de jouir de quelque avantage qui n’est pas de droit commun.
  2. 2
    Acte qui contient la concession d’un privilège.
  3. 3
    Droit, prérogative, avantage.
  4. 4
    Titre à la préférence, droit que la qualité de la créance donne à un créancier d’être préféré aux autres créanciers, même hypothécaires.
  5. 5
    Dons naturels, soit du corps, soit de l’esprit.
  6. 6
    Liberté, prérogative que l’on s’attribue dans la société, ou que les autres vous accordent.

This word in other languages

privilege(English)privilegio(Español)Privileg(Deutsch)privilégio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirvilège,pprivilège,priivlège,privilege,privilgèe,privillège,privilèeg,privilègge,privièlge,privliège,privvilège,prrivilège,prviilège,rpivilège

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of privilège - 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.

pirvilège2pprivilège1priivlège2privilege1privilgèe2privillège1privilèeg2privilègge1
Edit distance from "privilège"

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 "privilège"?
"privilège" is spelled P-R-I-V-I-L-È-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁi.vi.lɛʒ\.
What does "privilège" mean?
As a noun, "privilège" means: Faculté accordée à un particulier ou à une communauté de faire quelque chose ou de jouir de quelque avantage qui n’est pas de droit commun.
What words are commonly confused with "privilège"?
"privilège" is commonly confused with "privilèges", "privilégié", "privilégier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "privilège"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "privilège" is \pʁi.vi.lɛʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "privilège" come from?
"privilège" 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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Using “privilège”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-R-I-V-I-L-È-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pʁi.vi.lɛʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “privilèges” - see the side-by-side comparison. privilège vs privilèges
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list