prima facie
\ˈpraɪ.mə ˈfeɪ.ʃi.ˌi\
The verdict
“prima facie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À première vue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prima-facie · prima facie · French
prima facie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prima facie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ˈpraɪ.mə ˈfeɪ.ʃi.ˌi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
prima facie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ˈpraɪ.mə ˈfeɪ.ʃi.ˌi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À première vue.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prima facie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is prima facie, spelled P-R-I-M-A- -F-A-C-I-E.
Definition
- 1À première vue.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.