# princess

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɹɪnˈsɛs/ · frequency rank #2,850

## Definitions
1. A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
2. A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class.
3. A female ruler or monarch; a queen.
4. The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality.
5. A young girl; used as a term of endearment.
6. A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled, or selfish; a prima donna.
7. A tinted crystal marble used in children's games.
8. A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack).
9. A female lemur.
10. A Bulgarian open-faced baked sandwich prepared with ground meat.
11. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.

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

## Easily confused with
- **process** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/princess-vs-process)
- **prices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prices-vs-princess)
- **prince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prince-vs-princess)
- **princes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/princes-vs-princess)
- **painless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/painless-vs-princess)
- **princely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/princely-vs-princess)

## Common misspellings (10)
`pirncess`, `pprincess`, `pricness`, `princcess`, `princses`, `prinecss`, `prinncess`, `prnicess`, `prrincess`, `rpincess`

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