Presles

\pʁɛl\

/\pʁɛl\/ name

The verdict

“Presles” is uncommon French (frequency #70,965 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,965
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Isère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-presles · Presles · French

Presles · rank #70,965 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,965
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prescris

Nearest frequency peer: prescris (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Presles »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Presles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
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)

Longue queue: rang de « Presles » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Preslestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « prescris » (#70,964), « primavera » (#70,966), « Prisca » (#70,967). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Presles » est au #70,965. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Presles is uncommon French at frequency #70,965 among 6,826 “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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Presles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list