presque

\pʁɛsk\

/\pʁɛsk\/ adv

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The verdict

“presque” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #484. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#484
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À peu près, peu s’en faut.

Corpus desk

Index FR-presque · presque · French

presque · rank #484 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #484
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH peine

Nearest frequency peer: peine (-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 « presque »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « presque » 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).

presque vs prévue
57% similar
presque vs pressé
57% similar
presque vs puisque
71% similar

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

Key facts for presque
PropertyValue
Headwordpresque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\pʁɛsk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#484
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « presque »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).presquese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « peine » (#483), « services » (#485), « parmi » (#482). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « presque » est au #484. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around presque (IPA \pʁɛsk\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #484 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for presque, with forms such as "persque", "ppresque", and "preqsue". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "prévue", "pressé", "puisque", 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is presque, spelled P-R-E-S-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    À peu près, peu s’en faut.
  2. 2
    Excepté un ensemble négligeable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how presque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mes tempes battent ; toute ma chair va à cette femme presque nue et charmante dans le matin et dans le transparent vêtement qui enferme la douce odeur d’elle…
  2. Je continue à me nourrir presque uniquement de biscuits.

This word in other languages

almost(English)casi(Español)beinahe(Deutsch)quase(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • persque
  • ppresque
  • preqsue
  • presqeu
  • presqque
  • pressque
  • presuqe
  • prresque
  • prseque
  • rpesque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of presque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

persque2ppresque1preqsue2presqeu2presqque1pressque1presuqe2prresque1
Edit distance from "presque"

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 "presque"?
"presque" is spelled P-R-E-S-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛsk\.
What does "presque" mean?
As an adverb, "presque" means: À peu près, peu s’en faut.
What words are commonly confused with "presque"?
"presque" is commonly confused with "prévue", "pressé", "puisque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "presque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "presque" is \pʁɛsk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "presque" come from?
"presque" 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 "presque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

membres#480anglais#475lorsque#465importe#462

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

grands10 variantsmarché10 variantsmillions10 variantsenviron10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list