privilégient

\pʁi.vi.le.ʒi\

/\pʁi.vi.le.ʒi\/ verb

The verdict

“privilégient” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,923. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,923
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de privilégier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-privilegient · privilégient · French

privilégient · rank #29,923 · 19 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,923
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH priant

Nearest frequency peer: priant (-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 « privilégient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « privilégient » 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).

privilégient vs privilégier
83% similar
privilégient vs privilégiés
75% similar
privilégient vs privilégié
75% similar

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

Key facts for privilégient
PropertyValue
Headwordprivilégient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁi.vi.le.ʒi\
Letters12
Frequency rank#29,923
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « privilégient »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.privilégientse 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 « priant » (#29,922), « promus » (#29,924), « poussera » (#29,921). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « privilégient » est au #29,923. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around privilégient (IPA \pʁi.vi.le.ʒi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,923 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for privilégient, with forms such as "pirvilégient", "pprivilégient", and "priivlégient". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "privilégier", "privilégiés", "privilégié", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is privilégient, spelled P-R-I-V-I-L-É-G-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de privilégier.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de privilégier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Maxime oppose donc et renvoie dos à dos – à la façon de Grégoire – ceux qui « à la grecque » croient à la préexistence des âmes et ceux qui « à la juive » privilégient la préexistence des corps.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirvilégient
  • pprivilégient
  • priivlégient
  • privilegient
  • privilgéient
  • privillégient
  • privilégeint
  • priviléggient
  • privilégiennt
  • privilégientt
  • privilégietn
  • priviléginet
  • priviléigent
  • priviélgient
  • privliégient
  • privvilégient
  • prrivilégient
  • prviilégient
  • rpivilégient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pirvilégient2pprivilégient1priivlégient2privilegient1privilgéient2privillégient1privilégeint2priviléggient1
Edit distance from "privilégient"

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 "privilégient"?
"privilégient" is spelled P-R-I-V-I-L-É-G-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁi.vi.le.ʒi\.
What does "privilégient" mean?
As a verb, "privilégient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de privilégier.
What words are commonly confused with "privilégient"?
"privilégient" is commonly confused with "privilégier", "privilégiés", "privilégié". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "privilégient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "privilégient" is \pʁi.vi.le.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "privilégient" come from?
"privilégient" 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 "privilégient", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list