prestement

\pʁɛs.tə.mɑ̃\

/\pʁɛs.tə.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“prestement” is uncommon French (frequency #60,295 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,295
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière preste, vivement, promptement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prestement · prestement · French

prestement · rank #60,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,295
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prieurés

Nearest frequency peer: prieurés (+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 « prestement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prestement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prestement
PropertyValue
Headwordprestement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\pʁɛs.tə.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,295
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « prestement » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).prestementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « prieurés » (#60,296), « pray » (#60,293), « Prigent » (#60,297). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prestement » est au #60,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prestement is uncommon French at frequency #60,295 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \pʁɛs.tə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D’une manière preste, vivement, promptement.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prestement, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is prestement, spelled P-R-E-S-T-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière preste, vivement, promptement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les foulques regardent le chasseur, et plongent si prestement, à l’instant qu’elles aperçoivent le feu, que souvent elles échappent au plomb meurtrier,
  2. Il n’eut que le temps de réendosser prestement sa soutane et de filer en hâte à la sacristie pour revêtir les habits sacerdotaux.

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 "prestement"?
"prestement" is spelled P-R-E-S-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛs.tə.mɑ̃\.
What does "prestement" mean?
As an adverb, "prestement" means: D’une manière preste, vivement, promptement.
How do you pronounce "prestement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prestement" is \pʁɛs.tə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prestement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list