primates

\pʁi.mat\

/\pʁi.mat\/ adj

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The verdict

“primates” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,482. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,482
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de primate.

Corpus desk

Index FR-primates · primates · French

primates · rank #29,482 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,482
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH populace

Nearest frequency peer: populace (-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 « primates »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « primates » 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).

primates vs private
75% similar
primates vs primauté
63% similar
primates vs Primat
63% similar

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

Key facts for primates
PropertyValue
Headwordprimates
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁi.mat\
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,482
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « primates »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.primatesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « populace » (#29,481), « princess » (#29,483), « pommade » (#29,480). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « primates » est au #29,482. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around primates (IPA \pʁi.mat\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,482 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de primate.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for primates, with forms such as "pirmates", "pprimates", and "priamtes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "private", "primauté", "Primat", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is primates, spelled P-R-I-M-A-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de primate.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirmates
  • pprimates
  • priamtes
  • primaets
  • primatess
  • primatse
  • primattes
  • primmates
  • primtaes
  • prmiates
  • prrimates
  • rpimates

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of primates - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

pirmates2pprimates1priamtes2primaets2primatess1primatse2primattes1primmates1
Edit distance from "primates"

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 "primates"?
"primates" is spelled P-R-I-M-A-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁi.mat\.
What does "primates" mean?
As an adjective, "primates" means: Pluriel de primate.
What words are commonly confused with "primates"?
"primates" is commonly confused with "private", "primauté", "Primat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "primates"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "primates" is \pʁi.mat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "primates" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

populace#29,481princess#29,483peignoir#29,476provoqua#29,490

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

ralentis12 variantsneutrons12 variantsmontures12 variantsrentrais12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list