presto

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The verdict

“presto” is uncommon German (frequency #67,602 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,602
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - früh, frühzeitig

Corpus desk

Index DE-presto · presto · German

presto · rank #67,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,602
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Presbyterium

Nearest frequency peer: Presbyterium (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „presto“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „presto“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for presto
PropertyValue
Headwordpresto
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,602
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „presto“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).prestofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Presbyterium“ (#67,601), „profitable“ (#67,604), „Praktik“ (#67,599). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „presto“ bei #67,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

presto is uncommon German at frequency #67,602 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for presto, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is presto, spelled P-R-E-S-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    früh, frühzeitig
  2. 2
    rasch, schnell
  3. 3
    bald
  4. 4
    presto
  5. 5
    leicht, schnell

Synonyms

fra pocofacilmente

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "presto"?
"presto" is spelled P-R-E-S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "presto" mean?
As an adverb, "presto" means: früh, frühzeitig
How do you pronounce "presto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "presto" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "presto" come from?
"presto" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ranzig#67,617parent#67,577opfere#67,572Moscow#67,524

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list