prince bishop

noun

"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 September 3, 2026) - A bishop who also holds a secular princely rank, regardless whether its territory concurs wholly or partially with his diocese.

Corpus desk

Index EN-prince-bishop · prince bishop · English

prince bishop · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for prince bishop
PropertyValue
Headwordprince bishop
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “prince bishop” in English

prince bishopranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    A 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prince bishop"?
"prince bishop" is spelled P-R-I-N-C-E- -B-I-S-H-O-P.
What does "prince bishop" mean?
As a noun, "prince bishop" means: A bishop who also holds a secular princely rank, regardless whether its territory concurs wholly or partially with his diocese.
What is the origin of the word "prince bishop"?
From prince (“ruler”) + bishop. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list