prenez

\pʁə.ne\

/\pʁə.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“prenez” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,539. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,539
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-prenez · prenez · French

prenez · rank #2,539 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,539
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH portrait

Nearest frequency peer: portrait (-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 « prenez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prenez » 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).

prenez vs Prez
50% similar
prenez vs prêté
33% similar
prenez vs prône
67% similar

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

Key facts for prenez
PropertyValue
Headwordprenez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁə.ne\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,539
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prenez »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).prenezse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « portrait » (#2,538), « preuves » (#2,540), « portable » (#2,537). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prenez » est au #2,539. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around prenez (IPA \pʁə.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,539 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for prenez, with forms such as "pernez", "pprenez", and "preenz". 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, "Prez", "prêté", "prône", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is prenez, spelled P-R-E-N-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe prendre.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif du verbe prendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils m’ont été emblés, sire ! Embler les joyaux de l’électeur de Bavière ! les truands ne respectent rien, ils vous voleront votre royaume, si vous n’y prenez garde.
  2. Prenez 500 gr. de pâte à baba, déjà levée, rompez-la et avec elle emplissez à moitié des petits moules à baba beurrés, rangez les moules sur des plaques, faites lever la pâte jusqu’à la hauteur des bords et cuisez-les à four chaud; en les sortant du four, siropez les gâteaux avec un sirop au Madère chaud ou au rhum, en les trempant entièrement, et faites-…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pernez
  • pprenez
  • preenz
  • prenezz
  • prennez
  • prenze
  • prneez
  • prrenez
  • rpenez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pernez2pprenez1preenz2prenezz1prennez1prenze2prneez2prrenez1
Edit distance from "prenez"

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 "prenez"?
"prenez" is spelled P-R-E-N-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁə.ne\.
What does "prenez" mean?
As a verb, "prenez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe prendre.
What words are commonly confused with "prenez"?
"prenez" is commonly confused with "Prez", "prêté", "prône". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prenez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prenez" is \pʁə.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prenez" come from?
"prenez" 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 "prenez", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rouges#2,541routes#2,542ventes#2,550viande#2,551

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

réussir9 variantstournoi9 variantsAntoine9 variantsattitude9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list