Presse

/[ˈpʁɛsə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,780

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

Presse is aGermannoun. It means: Gerät, das zum Pressen dient Pronounced [ˈpʁɛsə]. It ranks #1,780 in German word frequency. Often confused with Prise and presst.

Key facts for Presse
PropertyValue
HeadwordPresse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpʁɛsə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,780
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Presse in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Presse is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpʁɛsə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,780 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Presse, with forms such as "persse", "ppresse", and "prese". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Prise", "presst", "Pressen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Presse, spelled P-R-E-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gerät, das zum Pressen dient
  2. 2
    Gesamtheit der Zeitungen und Zeitschriften sowie deren Mitarbeiter und Angestellte

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: persse,ppresse,prese,preses,preße,prresse,prsese,rpesse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Presse

Misspelling Variants of "Presse"

persse6ppresse7prese5preses6preße5prresse7prsese6rpesse6
Misspelling Variants of "Presse"

Frequency rank: #1,780 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Presse"?
"Presse" is spelled P-R-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʁɛsə].
What does "Presse" mean?
As a noun, "Presse" means: Gerät, das zum Pressen dient
What words are commonly confused with "Presse"?
"Presse" is commonly confused with "Prise", "presst", "Pressen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Presse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Presse" is [ˈpʁɛsə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Presse" come from?
"Presse" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.