présent
\pʁe.zɑ̃\
The verdict
“présent” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #696 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #696
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est, qui se trouve actuellement dans le lieu dont on parle.
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 | présent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁe.zɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #696 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “présent” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for présent is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁe.zɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #696 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for présent, with forms such as "pprésent", "present", and "prrésent". 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, "prient", "prévenu", "prudent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is présent, spelled P-R-É-S-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est, qui se trouve actuellement dans le lieu dont on parle.
- 2Alerte, actif, efficace.
- 3Se dit aussi des choses auxquelles on songe, dont on se souvient, que l’on croit voir encore.
- 4Qui est actuel, qui est dans le temps où nous sommes.
- 5Qualifie le temps grammatical situant l’action au moment où on l’énonce.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pprésent,present,prrésent,prséent,préesnt,présennt,présentt,présetn,présnet,préssent,pérsent,rpésent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of présent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “présent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-É-S-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁe.zɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “prient” - see the side-by-side comparison. présent vs prient
- 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.