présent
\pʁe.zɑ̃\
The verdict
“présent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #696
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est, qui se trouve actuellement dans le lieu dont on parle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-present · présent · French
présent · rank #696 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #696
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH poste
Nearest frequency peer: poste (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “présent”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- particulier
particulier
99,308 corpus weight
- penser
penser
99,307 corpus weight
- poste
poste
99,306 corpus weight
- présent
présent
99,305 corpus weight
- publique
publique
99,304 corpus weight
- réponse
réponse
99,303 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “présent” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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) |
Où “présent” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around présent (IPA \pʁe.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #696 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how présent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant que les lames attaquaient mon vaillant navire […], je restai allongé sur ma couchette, philosophant sur le manque de confort de ma présente situation.
La présente partie de la présente norme européenne a pour objet de définir un procédé faisant appel à des tamis, pour la détermination de la distribution dimensionnelle des grains.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "présent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "présent" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "prient". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #696 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.