presentiment
/prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt/
"presentiment" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“presentiment” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
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Index EN-presentiment · presentiment · English
presentiment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | presentiment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “presentiment” in English
Rare enough to double-check
presentiment is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for presentiment, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French pressentiment, from Middle French, equivalent to pre- + sentiment. The correct English form is presentiment, spelled P-R-E-S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how presentiment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A man, my good Sir, has seldom an offer of kindness to make to a woman, but she has a presentiment of it some moments before.
A thousand alarming presentiments of evil to her beloved Catherine from this terrific separation must oppress her heart with sadness, and drown her in tears for the last day or two of their being together; […]
Etymology
From French pressentiment, from Middle French, equivalent to pre- + sentiment.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.