# primus

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹaɪməs/ · frequency rank #40,847

## Definitions
1. One of the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.

## Etymology
From Latin prīmus (“[the] first”); related to prior, the comparative form. Partially cognate to foremost, from Proto-Indo-European [Term?]. Doublet of prime and primo.

## Easily confused with
- **Prius** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/primus-vs-prius)
- **prints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/primus-vs-prints)
- **prizes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/primus-vs-prizes)
- **prim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prim-vs-primus)
- **prime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prime-vs-primus)
- **prima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prima-vs-primus)
- **pious** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pious-vs-primus)
- **primo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/primo-vs-primus)
- **pimps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pimps-vs-primus)
- **pinus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinus-vs-primus)
- **prices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prices-vs-primus)
- **primer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/primer-vs-primus)
- **primal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/primal-vs-primus)
- **primed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/primed-vs-primus)
- **pricks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pricks-vs-primus)
- **primes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/primes-vs-primus)
- **prides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prides-vs-primus)
- **Priebus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priebus-vs-primus)

## Common misspellings (9)
`pirmus`, `pprimus`, `primmus`, `primsu`, `primuss`, `priums`, `prmius`, `prrimus`, `rpimus`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/primus