prima
/ˈpɹiː.mə/
"prima" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prima” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,661
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - most important
Corpus desk
Index EN-prima · prima · English
prima · rank #18,661 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,661
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pricey
Nearest frequency peer: pricey (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “prima”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- populace
populace
81,343 corpus weight
- Pretoria
Pretoria
81,342 corpus weight
- pricey
pricey
81,341 corpus weight
- prima
prima
81,340 corpus weight
- prized
prized
81,339 corpus weight
- profiling
profiling
81,338 corpus weight
What this shows “prima” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | prima |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɹiː.mə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “prima”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around prima (IPA /ˈpɹiː.mə/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,661 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "most important".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for prima, with forms such as "pirma", "pprima", and "priam". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prom", "puma", "prior", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Derived from Italian prima, derived from Latin prīma. The correct English form is prima, spelled P-R-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1most important
Etymology
Derived from Italian prima, derived from Latin prīma.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pirma
- pprima
- priam
- primma
- prmia
- prrima
- rpima
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prima - 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.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prima", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).