prudence

\pʁy.dɑ̃s\

/\pʁy.dɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“prudence” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,335. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,335
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attitude d’esprit de celui qui, réfléchissant à la portée et aux conséquences de ses actes, prend ses dispositions pour éviter des erreurs ou fautes, des dangers possibles, s’abstient de tout ce qu...

Corpus desk

Index FR-prudence · prudence · French

prudence · rank #6,335 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,335
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH proprement

Nearest frequency peer: proprement (-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 « prudence »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prudence » 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).

prudence vs prudent
75% similar
prudence vs prudente
88% similar
prudence vs prudents
75% similar

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

Key facts for prudence
PropertyValue
Headwordprudence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁy.dɑ̃s\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,335
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prudence »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.prudencese 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 « proprement » (#6,334), « pourriez » (#6,333), « puissances » (#6,337). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prudence » est au #6,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around prudence (IPA \pʁy.dɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,335 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Attitude d’esprit de celui qui, réfléchissant à la portée et aux conséquences de ses actes, prend ses dispositions pour éviter des erreurs ou fautes, des dangers possibles, s’abstient de tout ce qu...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for prudence, with forms such as "pprudence", "prduence", and "prrudence". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "prudent", "prudente", "prudents", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is prudence, spelled P-R-U-D-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attitude d’esprit de celui qui, réfléchissant à la portée et aux conséquences de ses actes, prend ses dispositions pour éviter des erreurs ou fautes, des dangers possibles, s’abstient de tout ce qu’il croit pouvoir être source de dommage, ou pourrait être considéré par autrui comme non convenable ou désobligeant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La richesse des Roudier et des Granoux exaspérait Aristide au point de lui faire perdre toute prudence.
  2. Une accusation de complot contre la vie de Napoléon III fut abandonnée par prudence ; l’idée était dans l’air, on craignait d’évoquer l’événement.

Synonyms

circonspectiondéfensivevigilance

Antonyms

téméritéimprudence

This word in other languages

prudence(English)prudencia(Español)Vorsicht(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprudence
  • prduence
  • prrudence
  • pruddence
  • prudecne
  • prudencce
  • prudenec
  • prudennce
  • prudnece
  • pruednce
  • purdence
  • rpudence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pprudence1prduence2prrudence1pruddence1prudecne2prudencce1prudenec2prudennce1
Edit distance from "prudence"

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 "prudence"?
"prudence" is spelled P-R-U-D-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁy.dɑ̃s\.
What does "prudence" mean?
As a noun, "prudence" means: Attitude d’esprit de celui qui, réfléchissant à la portée et aux conséquences de ses actes, prend ses dispositions pour éviter des erreurs ou fautes, des dangers possibles, s’abstient de tout ce qu...
What words are commonly confused with "prudence"?
"prudence" is commonly confused with "prudent", "prudente", "prudents". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prudence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prudence" is \pʁy.dɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prudence" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pourriez#6,333plaintes#6,331respirer#6,340trahison#6,350

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

rattraper12 variantsnouveauté12 variantsurgences12 variantsmaquillage12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list