pressoir

\pʁe.swaʁ\

/\pʁe.swaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“pressoir” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,462
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Machine servant à presser du raisin, des pommes, etc., pour faire du vin, du cidre, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pressoir · pressoir · French

pressoir · rank #41,462 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,462
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH progressives

Nearest frequency peer: progressives (+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 « pressoir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pressoir » 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).

pressoir vs prévoir
63% similar
pressoir vs presser
75% similar

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

Key facts for pressoir
PropertyValue
Headwordpressoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁe.swaʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,462
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pressoir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pressoirse 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 « progressives » (#41,463), « pommeau » (#41,460), « prompte » (#41,464). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pressoir » est au #41,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around pressoir (IPA \pʁe.swaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,462 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 pressoir, with forms such as "perssoir", "ppressoir", and "presoir". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "prévoir", "presser", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pressoir, spelled P-R-E-S-S-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Machine servant à presser du raisin, des pommes, etc., pour faire du vin, du cidre, etc.
  2. 2
    Lieu où cette machine est établie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Philippe. – Je m’épuise, vois-tu ! j’ai trop réfléchi ici-bas ; j’ai trop tourné sur moi-même, comme un cheval de pressoir ; je ne vaux plus rien pour la bataille.
  2. Le pressoir a la forme d' une cuve carrée, au-dessus s'étend une poutrelle reposant par chaque extrémité sur une haute fourche ; de cette poutrelle pendent, soit des plaques de bois entre lesquelles on écrase le raisin, soit de longs boyaux d' étoffe dans lesquels on presse la grappe pour en extraire le jus.

This word in other languages

press(English)lagar(Español)Kelter(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • perssoir
  • ppressoir
  • presoir
  • presosir
  • pressior
  • pressoirr
  • pressori
  • prressoir
  • prsesoir
  • rpessoir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pressoir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

perssoir2ppressoir1presoir1presosir2pressior2pressoirr1pressori2prressoir1
Edit distance from "pressoir"

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 "pressoir"?
"pressoir" is spelled P-R-E-S-S-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁe.swaʁ\.
What does "pressoir" mean?
As a noun, "pressoir" means: Machine servant à presser du raisin, des pommes, etc., pour faire du vin, du cidre, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "pressoir"?
"pressoir" is commonly confused with "prévoir", "presser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pressoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pressoir" is \pʁe.swaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pressoir" come from?
"pressoir" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rajoutez#41,483oubliait#41,437osseuses#41,436redirigé#41,491

Similar misspelling depth

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

poindre10 variantspodemos10 variantspiégées10 variantspigiste10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list