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princess

/ˈpɹɪnsɛs/noun

princess is spelled P-R-I-N-C-E-S-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 34 times per million words in written English, the 2,831st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, princess means “A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of princess is princesses.

How many letters and syllables are in princess?

Letters8: P-R-I-N-C-E-S-S
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing34 times per million words; the 2,831st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is princess?

Princess appears 34 times per million words in written English, the 2,831st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce princess?

  • UK /pɹɪnˈsɛs/
  • UK /ˈpɹɪnsɛs/
  • US /ˈpɹɪnsɛs/

Princess has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-princess.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with princess

Also written: princesse.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of princess

  • princesses plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does princess mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.

  2. 2

    A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class.

  3. 3

    archaicA female ruler or monarch; a queen.

  4. 4

    The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality.

    Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco.

  5. 5

    A young girl; used as a term of endearment.

  6. 6

    USderogatoryA young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled, or selfish; a prima donna.

  7. 7

    A tinted crystal marble used in children's games.

  8. 8

    A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack).

noun

as Princess
  1. 1

    The title of a princess.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Princess in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchprincesse (female member of royal family)
GermanPrinzessin, Königstochter, Königsenkelin (female member of royal family), Fürstin (female monarch, or wife of a ruler)
Portugueseprincesa (female member of royal family), rainha (female monarch, or wife of a ruler)
Spanishprincesa, infanta, coya (female member of royal family)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does princess come from?

From Middle English princesse, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman princesse, Old French princesse. By surface analysis, prince + -ess.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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