prima

\pʁi.ma\

/\pʁi.ma\/ adv

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The verdict

“prima” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,578. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,578
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de alla prima.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prima · prima · French

prima · rank #27,578 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,578
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prendraient

Nearest frequency peer: prendraient (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « prima »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « prima » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

prima vs prix
60% similar
prima vs pris
60% similar
prima vs puma
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for prima
PropertyValue
Headwordprima
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\pʁi.ma\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,578
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prima »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).primase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « prendraient » (#27,577), « projetés » (#27,579), « powers » (#27,576). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prima » est au #27,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around prima (IPA \pʁi.ma\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #27,578 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de alla prima.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for prima, with forms such as "pirma", "pprima", and "priam". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prix", "pris", "puma", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is prima, spelled P-R-I-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de alla prima.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how prima appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Notamment celles de Solvano Signoreto, un des trois seuls artistes capables de travailler la prima, c’est à dire réaliser une sculpture complexe d’un seul bloc.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirma
  • pprima
  • priam
  • primma
  • prmia
  • prrima
  • rpima

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prima - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pirma2pprima1priam2primma1prmia2prrima1rpima2
Edit distance from "prima"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prima"?
"prima" is spelled P-R-I-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁi.ma\.
What does "prima" mean?
As an adverb, "prima" means: Variante de alla prima.
What words are commonly confused with "prima"?
"prima" is commonly confused with "prix", "pris", "puma". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prima"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prima" is \pʁi.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prima" come from?
"prima" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prima", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

revus#27,601riait#27,602rodin#27,604Rufus#27,608

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

sabot7 variantsshoes7 variantsmunir7 variantsmaybe7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list