presbytre
\pʁɛs.bitʁ\
The verdict
“presbytre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vieil homme, responsable des premières communautés chrétiennes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-presbytre · presbytre · French
presbytre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | presbytre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɛs.bitʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « presbytre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
presbytre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɛs.bitʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vieil homme, responsable des premières communautés chrétiennes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for presbytre, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is presbytre, spelled P-R-E-S-B-Y-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Vieil homme, responsable des premières communautés chrétiennes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how presbytre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le rôle des presbytres est moins clair que celui de l'épiscope, avec lequel il se confond souvent, qui désignera quant à lui progressivement le pasteur principal des communautés.
Le mot "prêtre" ne vient pas du mot grec désignant le préposé à la religion, le hiéreus, mais d'un mot profane, presbutéros, qui signifie le presbytre, l'ancien d'une communauté.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.