prend

\pʁɑ̃\

/\pʁɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“prend” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#420
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe prendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prend · prend · French

prend · rank #420 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #420
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH ordre

Nearest frequency peer: ordre (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « prend »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « prend » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

prend vs près
40% similar
prend vs prod
60% similar
prend vs Prez
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for prend
PropertyValue
Headwordprend
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#420
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prend »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.prendse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ordre » (#419), « école » (#421), « moyen » (#418). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prend » est au #420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around prend (IPA \pʁɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #420 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe prendre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for prend, with forms such as "pernd", "pprend", and "predn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "près", "prod", "Prez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prend, spelled P-R-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe prendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how prend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Favrolles prend la parole. Son vide intérieur, son inconscience braillarde se masquent sous l’énergie de ses propositions.
  2. Et puis, la fatalité dresse un buisson imprévu où se prend la robe de Nicole et c’est là que les Athéniens s’atteignirent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pernd
  • pprend
  • predn
  • prendd
  • prennd
  • prned
  • prrend
  • rpend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prend - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pernd2pprend1predn2prendd1prennd1prned2prrend1rpend2
Edit distance from "prend"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prend"?
"prend" is spelled P-R-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɑ̃\.
What does "prend" mean?
As a verb, "prend" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe prendre.
What words are commonly confused with "prend"?
"prend" is commonly confused with "près", "prod", "Prez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prend" is \pʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prend" come from?
"prend" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

école#421ordre#419étant#422moyen#418

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

grâce8 variantsretour8 variantsgauche8 variantssaison8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list