president

\ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt\

/\ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt\/ noun

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The verdict

“president” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,538
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Président, présidente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-president · president · French

president · rank #14,538 · 14 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,538
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poupées

Nearest frequency peer: poupées (-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 « president »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « president » 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).

president vs prévient
67% similar
president vs présider
67% similar
president vs pressent
78% similar

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

Key facts for president
PropertyValue
Headwordpresident
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,538
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « president »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).presidentse 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 « poupées » (#14,537), « Proust » (#14,539), « plaza » (#14,536). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « president » est au #14,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around president (IPA \ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,538 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Président, présidente.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for president, with forms such as "persident", "ppresident", and "preisdent". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "prévient", "présider", "pressent", 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is president, spelled P-R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Président, présidente.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • persident
  • ppresident
  • preisdent
  • presdient
  • presiddent
  • presidennt
  • presidentt
  • presidetn
  • presidnet
  • presiednt
  • pressident
  • prresident
  • prseident
  • rpesident

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of president - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

persident2ppresident1preisdent2presdient2presiddent1presidennt1presidentt1presidetn2
Edit distance from "president"

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 "president"?
"president" is spelled P-R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt\.
What does "president" mean?
As a noun, "president" means: Président, présidente.
What words are commonly confused with "president"?
"president" is commonly confused with "prévient", "présider", "pressent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "president"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "president" is \ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "president" come from?
"president" 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 "president", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

préoccupé#14,541obligeant#14,524trottoirs#14,574infantile#14,488

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

régression14 variantsinondation14 variantsdécideurs14 variantsdistincte14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list