presume
\pɹɪˈzjuːm\
The verdict
“presume” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Présumer ; supposer que ; faire preuve de ; prendre des libertés (avec quelqu’un).
Corpus desk
Index FR-presume · presume · French
presume · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | presume |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɹɪˈzjuːm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « presume » en français
Rare enough to double-check
presume is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pɹɪˈzjuːm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Présumer ; supposer que ; faire preuve de ; prendre des libertés (avec quelqu’un).".
presume doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is presume, spelled P-R-E-S-U-M-E.
Definition
- 1Présumer ; supposer que ; faire preuve de ; prendre des libertés (avec quelqu’un).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how presume appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.