prêtrise
\pʁɛ.tʁiz\
The verdict
“prêtrise” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,116. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,116
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sacerdoce, ordre sacré par lequel une personne est prêtre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pretrise · prêtrise · French
prêtrise · rank #44,116 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,116
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 248,534
- PHOTO-FINISH prédis
Nearest frequency peer: prédis (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “prêtrise”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- prédicat
prédicat
55,887 corpus weight
- prédis
prédis
55,886 corpus weight
- prêtrise
prêtrise
55,885 corpus weight
- puanteur
puanteur
55,884 corpus weight
- publiez
publiez
55,883 corpus weight
- puisent
puisent
55,882 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “prêtrise” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prêtrise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɛ.tʁiz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prêtrise” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around prêtrise (IPA \pʁɛ.tʁiz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,116 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sacerdoce, ordre sacré par lequel une personne est prêtre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for prêtrise, with forms such as "pprêtrise", "pretrise", and "prrêtrise". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "prêtre", "prêtres", "prétoire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is prêtrise, spelled P-R-Ê-T-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sacerdoce, ordre sacré par lequel une personne est prêtre.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pprêtrise
- pretrise
- prrêtrise
- prtêrise
- prêrtise
- prêtirse
- prêtries
- prêtrisse
- prêtrrise
- prêtrsie
- prêttrise
- pêrtrise
- rpêtrise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prêtrise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prêtrise", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.