preside
/pɹɪˈzaɪd/
"preside" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“preside” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,424
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To act as president or chairperson.
Corpus desk
Index EN-preside · preside · English
preside · rank #29,424 · 10 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,424
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH primo
Nearest frequency peer: primo (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “preside”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- picker
picker
70,581 corpus weight
- poached
poached
70,580 corpus weight
- precautiona…
precautionary
70,579 corpus weight
- preside
preside
70,577 corpus weight
- primo
primo
70,576 corpus weight
- purportedly
purportedly
70,574 corpus weight
What this shows “preside” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preside |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɹɪˈzaɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “preside”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around preside (IPA /pɹɪˈzaɪd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,424 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for preside, with forms such as "perside", "ppreside", and "preisde". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "pride", "provide", "presume", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French presider, from Latin praesidēre (“preside”), from pre- (“before”) + sedere (“to sit”). Displaced Old English foresittan, which might have been a calque of the Latin. The correct English form is preside, spelled P-R-E-S-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1To act as president or chairperson.
- 2To exercise authority or control.
- 3To be a featured solo performer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how preside appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The firſt day of November was dedicated to the angel preſiding over fruits, ſeeds, &c. and was therefore named la mas ubhal, that is, the day of the apple fruit, and being pronounced lamasool, the English have corrupted the name to lambswool, a name they give to a compoſition made on this eve of roaſted apples, ſugar, and ale.
When all this was sailed through, there still remained the toolroom—a most efficient department presided over by a quiet man who was an expert on astronomy as well as jigs, tools and fixtures.
Etymology
From Old French presider, from Latin praesidēre (“preside”), from pre- (“before”) + sedere (“to sit”). Displaced Old English foresittan, which might have been a calque of the Latin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perside
- ppreside
- preisde
- presdie
- presidde
- presied
- presside
- prreside
- prseide
- rpeside
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preside - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "preside", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).