présomption d’innocence
\pʁe.zɔ̃p.sjɔ̃ d‿i.nɔ.sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“présomption d’innocence” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conviction par laquelle la culpabilité ne peut être reconnue tant qu’elle n’a pas été prouvée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-presomption-d-innocence · présomption d’innocence · French
présomption d’innocence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 23 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | présomption d’innocence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.zɔ̃p.sjɔ̃ d‿i.nɔ.sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “présomption d’innocence” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
présomption d’innocence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁe.zɔ̃p.sjɔ̃ d‿i.nɔ.sɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conviction par laquelle la culpabilité ne peut être reconnue tant qu’elle n’a pas été prouvée.".
présomption d’innocence has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 présomption d’innocence, spelled P-R-É-S-O-M-P-T-I-O-N- -D-’-I-N-N-O-C-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Conviction par laquelle la culpabilité ne peut être reconnue tant qu’elle n’a pas été prouvée.
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