principality
prin·ci·pal·i·ty/pɹɪnsɪˈpælɪti/noun
principality is spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-L-I-T-Y, 5 syllables: prin·ci·pal·i·ty. The wrong spelling people search most is principaly: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 35 of all searches for the word. Principality is a noun meaning “A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess”. The plural of principality is principalities.
How many letters and syllables are in principality?
| Letters | 12: P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: prin·ci·pal·i·ty |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, principaly, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell principality?
Principality is spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-L-I-T-Y. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 18 of the searches for principality in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is principality?
Principality appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd 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 principality?
- /pɹɪnsɪˈpælɪti/
Principality has 5 syllables, split prin·ci·pal·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-principality.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-principality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of principality
- principalities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does principality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.
- 2
A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers.
- 3
obsoleteThe state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority.
- 4
archaicThe state of being principal; pre-eminence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Principality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | principauté |
| German | Fürstentum , Fürsten |
| Portuguese | principado |
| Spanish | principado |
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 principality come from?
From Middle English principalte, principalite, from Anglo-Norman principalté, Middle French principalté, from Late Latin prīncipālitās, from Latin prīncipālis (“principal”) + -tās. Equivalent to principal + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).