promesse

\pʁɔ.mɛs\

/\pʁɔ.mɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“promesse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,636. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,636
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de promettre ; ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-promesse · promesse · French

promesse · rank #3,636 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,636
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH registre

Nearest frequency peer: registre (+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 « promesse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « promesse » 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).

promesse vs promise
75% similar
promesse vs promets
75% similar
promesse vs protesté
63% similar

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

Key facts for promesse
PropertyValue
Headwordpromesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔ.mɛs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,636
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « promesse »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).promessese 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 « registre » (#3,637), « poursuite » (#3,634), « relative » (#3,638). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « promesse » est au #3,636. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around promesse (IPA \pʁɔ.mɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,636 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for promesse, with forms such as "pormesse", "ppromesse", and "prmoesse". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "promise", "promets", "protesté", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is promesse, spelled P-R-O-M-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de promettre ; ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Ce que l'on espère obtenir.
  3. 3
    Engagement à terme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mettez-vous en garde contre ces belles promesses, elles cachent souvent la plus infame des tromperies.
  2. Et il réfléchissait. Ce qui est inintelligible, se dit-il, c’est la disproportion qui existe entre les promesses que Jésus lui fit et les résultats qu’elles obtinrent.

This word in other languages

promise(English)promesa(Español)Gelöbnis(Deutsch)promessa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pormesse
  • ppromesse
  • prmoesse
  • proemsse
  • promese
  • promeses
  • prommesse
  • promsese
  • prromesse
  • rpomesse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pormesse2ppromesse1prmoesse2proemsse2promese1promeses2prommesse1promsese2
Edit distance from "promesse"

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 "promesse"?
"promesse" is spelled P-R-O-M-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔ.mɛs\.
What does "promesse" mean?
As a noun, "promesse" means: Action de promettre ; ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "promesse"?
"promesse" is commonly confused with "promise", "promets", "protesté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "promesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "promesse" is \pʁɔ.mɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "promesse" come from?
"promesse" 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 "promesse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

registre#3,637relative#3,638souffrir#3,643tournage#3,647

Similar misspelling depth

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

Pologne10 variantsécrits10 variantsfiscale10 variantsaudience10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list