prince bishop
"prince-bishop" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prince bishop” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A bishop who also holds a secular princely rank, regardless whether its territory concurs wholly or partially with his diocese.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prince bishop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prince bishop” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prince bishop is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A bishop who also holds a secular princely rank, regardless whether its territory concurs wholly or partially with his diocese.".
prince bishop doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From prince (“ruler”) + bishop. The correct English form is prince bishop, spelled P-R-I-N-C-E- -B-I-S-H-O-P.
Definition
- 1A bishop who also holds a secular princely rank, regardless whether its territory concurs wholly or partially with his diocese.
Etymology
From prince (“ruler”) + bishop.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “prince bishop”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-I-N-C-E- -B-I-S-H-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.