prest
/prɛst/noun
prest is spelled P-R-E-S-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, prest means “A payment of wages in advance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of prest is prests.
How many letters and syllables are in prest?
| Letters | 5: P-R-E-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 93,703rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is prest?
Prest appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce prest?
- /prɛst/
Prest has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-prest.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with prest?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as prest.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: strep.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of prest
- prests plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- presting participle, present
- prested participle, past
- more prest comparative
- most prest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prest mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareA payment of wages in advance
- 2
A loan or advance (of money)
- 3
A tax or duty
- 4
obsoleteA sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
- 5
A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo give as a loan; to lend.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteReady; prompt; prepared.
- 2
obsoleteNeat; tidy; proper.
- 3
obsoleteQuick, brisk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does prest come from?
From Middle English prest, from Old French prest, deverbal from prester.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).