presentiment
\prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt\
The verdict
“presentiment” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pressentiment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-presentiment · presentiment · French
presentiment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | presentiment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
presentiment is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pressentiment.".
Zero misspellings are on record for presentiment in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is presentiment, spelled P-R-E-S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Pressentiment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how presentiment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A thousand alarming presentiments of evil to her beloved Catherine from this terrific separation must oppress her heart with sadness, and drown her in tears for the last day or two of their being together […]
Synonyms
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.