prends
\pʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“prends” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,123 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #1,123
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prendre.
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 | prends |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prends” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for prends is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,123 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for prends, with forms such as "pernds", "pprends", and "predns". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "près", "prêts", "press", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 prends, spelled P-R-E-N-D-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prendre.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de prendre.
- 3Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de prendre.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pernds,pprends,predns,prendds,prendss,prennds,prensd,prneds,prrends,rpends
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prends - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “prends”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-E-N-D-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “près” - see the side-by-side comparison. prends vs près
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.