présage

\pʁe.zaʒ\

/\pʁe.zaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“présage” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,659
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Augure, signe par lequel on juge de l’avenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-presage · présage · French

présage · rank #23,659 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,659
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prometteuse

Nearest frequency peer: prometteuse (-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 « présage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « présage » 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).

présage vs pressé
43% similar
présage vs presque
57% similar
présage vs pressée
57% similar

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

Key facts for présage
PropertyValue
Headwordprésage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁe.zaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,659
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « présage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).présagese 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 « prometteuse » (#23,658), « présentatrice » (#23,660), « privilégiant » (#23,657). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « présage » est au #23,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around présage (IPA \pʁe.zaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,659 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for présage, with forms such as "pprésage", "presage", and "prrésage". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "pressé", "presque", "pressée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is présage, spelled P-R-É-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Augure, signe par lequel on juge de l’avenir.
  2. 2
    Conjecture de l’augure, bon ou mauvais, qu’on tire de ce signe.
  3. 3
    Conjecture tirée d’un fait quelconque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Prince […] ne peut naturellement vous recevoir en ce moment, mais il juge que votre venue est providentielle. Une dernière grâce du ciel, un heureux présage.
  2. Tous ces présages paraissaient fatals à la pauvre femme; […].

This word in other languages

omen(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprésage
  • presage
  • prrésage
  • prséage
  • préasge
  • présaeg
  • présagge
  • présgae
  • préssage
  • pérsage
  • rpésage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of présage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

pprésage1presage1prrésage1prséage2préasge2présaeg2présagge1présgae2
Edit distance from "présage"

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 "présage"?
"présage" is spelled P-R-É-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.zaʒ\.
What does "présage" mean?
As a noun, "présage" means: Augure, signe par lequel on juge de l’avenir.
What words are commonly confused with "présage"?
"présage" is commonly confused with "pressé", "presque", "pressée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "présage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "présage" is \pʁe.zaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "présage" come from?
"présage" 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 "présage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rameaux#23,664postaux#23,653plaquer#23,646revendu#23,675

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

plairait11 variantsréciter11 variantssachets11 variantsthunder11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list