Presles

\pʁɛl\

/\pʁɛl\/ name

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The verdict

“Presles” is uncommon French (frequency #70,965 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,965
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Isère.

Key facts for Presles
PropertyValue
HeadwordPresles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pʁɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,965
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Presles” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Presles lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Presles is uncommon French at frequency #70,965 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \pʁɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Presles in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Presles, spelled P-R-E-S-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Isère.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département du Val-d’Oise.
  3. 3
    Ancienne commune française, située dans le département du Calvados intégrée à la commune de Valdallière en janvier 2016.

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 "Presles"?
"Presles" is spelled P-R-E-S-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛl\.
What does "Presles" mean?
As a proper noun, "Presles" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Isère.
How do you pronounce "Presles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Presles" is \pʁɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Presles" come from?
"Presles" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Presles”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-R-E-S-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pʁɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list