pressantes
\pʁɛ.sɑ̃t\
The verdict
“pressantes” is uncommon French (frequency #57,518 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,518
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de pressant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pressantes · pressantes · French
pressantes · rank #57,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,518
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH proactif
Nearest frequency peer: proactif (+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 « pressantes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pouliche
pouliche
42,486 corpus weight
- poum
poum
42,485 corpus weight
- pressantes
pressantes
42,483 corpus weight
- proactif
proactif
42,482 corpus weight
- Procope
Procope
42,481 corpus weight
- procurera
procurera
42,480 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pressantes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pressantes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɛ.sɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pressantes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pressantes is uncommon French at frequency #57,518 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁɛ.sɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de pressant.".
pressantes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pressantes, spelled P-R-E-S-S-A-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de pressant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pressantes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Harcelé par ses supérieurs, eux-mêmes en butte à de pressantes interventions émanant de personnalités influentes et même du « Château », l’inspecteur Duval en arrivait à se demander si le rédacteur du bordereau gagnant — puisque ce bordereau gagnant existe, se disait-il avec rage en contemplant la souche correspondante, hélas anonyme — finirait par présen…
Maraudeurs, malveillants de tous poils, amoureux insomniaques, prostatiques débutants… Attention aux excès de métaux lourds ! La sérénade chevrotine plombe vite les sentiments et les envies pressantes.
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.
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