prince

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The verdict

“prince” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,149. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,149
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prinz

Corpus desk

Index DE-prince · prince · German

prince · rank #12,149 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,149
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH please

Nearest frequency peer: please (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „prince“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „prince“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

prince vs Prinz
50% similar
prince vs print
67% similar
prince vs Prise
50% similar

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

Key facts for prince
PropertyValue
Headwordprince
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,149
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „prince“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.princeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „please“ (#12,148), „Protesten“ (#12,150), „provozieren“ (#12,151). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „prince“ bei #12,149. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around prince (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,149 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for prince, with forms such as "pirnce", "pprince", and "pricne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Prinz", "print", "Prise", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is prince, spelled P-R-I-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prinz
  2. 2
    Fürst

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. My grandpa was the prince of Podunk.

This word in other languages

prince(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirnce
  • pprince
  • pricne
  • princce
  • prinec
  • prinnce
  • prnice
  • prrince
  • rpince

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prince - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

pirnce2pprince1pricne2princce1prinec2prinnce1prnice2prrince1
Edit distance from "prince"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prince"?
"prince" is spelled P-R-I-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "prince" mean?
As a noun, "prince" means: Prinz
What words are commonly confused with "prince"?
"prince" is commonly confused with "Prinz", "print", "Prise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prince"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prince" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prince" come from?
"prince" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

please#12,148orient#12,143Rallye#12,156riefen#12,160

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Ronald9 variantsMerkur9 variantsSultan9 variantsVorrang9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list