pressez

\pʁɛ.se\

/\pʁɛ.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“pressez” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,082. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,082
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de presser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pressez · pressez · French

pressez · rank #43,082 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,082
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prepare

Nearest frequency peer: prepare (-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 « pressez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pressez » 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).

pressez vs Prusse
57% similar
pressez vs prêtez
57% similar
pressez vs press
71% similar

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

Key facts for pressez
PropertyValue
Headwordpressez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁɛ.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,082
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pressez »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pressezse 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 « prepare » (#43,081), « prior » (#43,083), « PPC » (#43,080). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pressez » est au #43,082. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pressez (IPA \pʁɛ.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,082 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pressez, with forms such as "perssez", "ppressez", and "presesz". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Prusse", "prêtez", "press", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pressez, spelled P-R-E-S-S-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de presser.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de presser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pressez le jus du demi-citron vert et râpez finement son zeste.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • perssez
  • ppressez
  • presesz
  • presez
  • pressezz
  • pressze
  • prressez
  • prsesez
  • rpessez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pressez - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

perssez2ppressez1presesz2presez1pressezz1pressze2prressez1prsesez2
Edit distance from "pressez"

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 "pressez"?
"pressez" is spelled P-R-E-S-S-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛ.se\.
What does "pressez" mean?
As a verb, "pressez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de presser.
What words are commonly confused with "pressez"?
"pressez" is commonly confused with "Prusse", "prêtez", "press". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pressez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pressez" is \pʁɛ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pressez" come from?
"pressez" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

prepare#43,081platane#43,070plaquée#43,069rasoirs#43,106

Similar misspelling depth

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

recréé9 variantsOuessant9 variantsretenti9 variantsRomney9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list