prestation

\pʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\pʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“prestation” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,789
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de prêter, de fournir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prestation · prestation · French

prestation · rank #4,789 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,789
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prenait

Nearest frequency peer: prenait (-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 « prestation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prestation » 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).

prestation vs prestations
91% similar
prestation vs protestation
83% similar
prestation vs prédation
70% similar

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

Key facts for prestation
PropertyValue
Headwordprestation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,789
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prestation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).prestationse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prenait » (#4,788), « profs » (#4,790), « placée » (#4,787). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prestation » est au #4,789. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around prestation (IPA \pʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,789 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for prestation, with forms such as "perstation", "pprestation", and "presattion". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "prestations", "protestation", "prédation", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 prestation, spelled P-R-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de prêter, de fournir.
  2. 2
    Service fourni.
  3. 3
    Travail auquel les habitants d’une commune étaient assujettis pour la réparation des chemins vicinaux.
  4. 4
    Fourniture due aux militaires.
  5. 5
    Argent versé des aides sociales.
  6. 6
    Performance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De par sa position, le chef de projet peut être amené à établir lui-même le chiffrage d'une prestation. En général, cette action fait suite à la remise d'une consultation sous la forme d'un cahier des charges.
  2. La prestation est rachetable en argent.

Synonyms

prestaservice

This word in other languages

service(English)prestación(Español)Leistung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • perstation
  • pprestation
  • presattion
  • presstation
  • prestaiton
  • prestatino
  • prestationn
  • prestatoin
  • prestattion
  • presttaion
  • presttation
  • pretsation
  • prrestation
  • prsetation
  • rpestation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

perstation2pprestation1presattion2presstation1prestaiton2prestatino2prestationn1prestatoin2
Edit distance from "prestation"

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 "prestation"?
"prestation" is spelled P-R-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "prestation" mean?
As a noun, "prestation" means: Action de prêter, de fournir.
What words are commonly confused with "prestation"?
"prestation" is commonly confused with "prestations", "protestation", "prédation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prestation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prestation" is \pʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prestation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list