prenne

/\pʁɛn\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,434

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

prenne is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe prendre. Pronounced \pʁɛn\. It ranks #4,434 in French word frequency. Often confused with prêté and prône.

Key facts for prenne
PropertyValue
Headwordprenne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɛn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,434
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of prenne in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for prenne is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,434 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for prenne, with forms such as "pernne", "pprenne", and "prene". 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, "prêté", "prône", "prune", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is prenne, spelled P-R-E-N-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe prendre.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe prendre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pernne,pprenne,prene,prenen,prnene,prrenne,rpenne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prenne

Misspelling Variants of "prenne"

pernne6pprenne7prene5prenen6prnene6prrenne7rpenne6
Misspelling Variants of "prenne"

Frequency rank: #4,434 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

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