prim
\pɹɪm\
The verdict
“prim” is uncommon French (frequency #51,059 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,059
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bégueule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prim · prim · French
prim · rank #51,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,059
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH precise
Nearest frequency peer: precise (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « prim »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- positionnant
positionnant
48,945 corpus weight
- pottier
pottier
48,944 corpus weight
- precise
precise
48,943 corpus weight
- prim
prim
48,942 corpus weight
- printanières
printanières
48,941 corpus weight
- programmati…
programmatique
48,940 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prim » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prim |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɹɪm\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prim » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prim is uncommon French at frequency #51,059 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɹɪm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for prim in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is prim, spelled P-R-I-M.
Definition
- 1Bégueule.
- 2Affecté, artificiel, affété, recherché, précieux.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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