presser

\pʁe.se\

/\pʁe.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“presser” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,037. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,037
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exercer une pression ; serrer plus ou moins fort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-presser · presser · French

presser · rank #13,037 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,037
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH preneur

Nearest frequency peer: preneur (-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 « presser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « presser » 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).

presser vs prêter
57% similar
presser vs Prusse
57% similar
presser vs pressés
71% similar

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

Key facts for presser
PropertyValue
Headwordpresser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁe.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,037
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « presser »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).presserse 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 « preneur » (#13,036), « protestations » (#13,038), « prenais » (#13,035). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « presser » est au #13,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around presser (IPA \pʁe.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,037 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for presser, with forms such as "persser", "ppresser", and "preser". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prêter", "Prusse", "pressés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is presser, spelled P-R-E-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exercer une pression ; serrer plus ou moins fort.
  2. 2
    Exprimer le jus d’un fruit, le liquide de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Utiliser une presse ou un pressoir.
  4. 4
    Appuyer contre ; peser sur.
  5. 5
    Hâter ; précipiter.
  6. 6
    Se hâter, faire avancer une affaire.
  7. 7
    Être urgent ; ne souffrir aucun délai.
  8. 8
    Se serrer les uns contre les autres.
  9. 9
    Se dépêcher, se hâter.
  10. 10
    Insister ; pousser à faire quelque chose.
  11. 11
    Poursuivre sans relâche, continuer d’attaquer avec ardeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La Julie, lui tournant le dos, était en train de traire et, du pis qu’elle pressait en cadence, le lait tombait dans le chaudron de fer battu avec un roulement semi-argentin de tambour.
  2. Cette industrie du drap est en effet l’une des plus complexes, et le nombre des opérations nécessaires pour transformer la laine brute en produit fini est très élevé. Il fallait trier la laine, la teindre, la mélanger, la carder, la filer, la tisser, dégraisser le tissu, le fouler, le lainer, le tondre, l’épinceter, et enfin lui donner de l’éclat en le pr…

Synonyms

forcercontraindre

This word in other languages

press(English)presionar(Español)drängen(Deutsch)espremer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • persser
  • ppresser
  • preser
  • presesr
  • presserr
  • pressre
  • prresser
  • prseser
  • rpesser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

persser2ppresser1preser1presesr2presserr1pressre2prresser1prseser2
Edit distance from "presser"

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 "presser"?
"presser" is spelled P-R-E-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.se\.
What does "presser" mean?
As a verb, "presser" means: Exercer une pression ; serrer plus ou moins fort.
What words are commonly confused with "presser"?
"presser" is commonly confused with "prêter", "Prusse", "pressés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "presser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "presser" is \pʁe.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "presser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

preneur#13,036prenais#13,035pourris#13,034ouragan#13,027

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

perdez9 variantsoreiller9 variantsrequise9 variantsservis9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list