priment
\pʁim\
The verdict
“priment” is uncommon French (frequency #54,804 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,804
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de primer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-priment · priment · French
priment · rank #54,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,804
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Pradel
Nearest frequency peer: Pradel (-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 « priment »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- posse
posse
45,200 corpus weight
- posément
posément
45,199 corpus weight
- Pradel
Pradel
45,198 corpus weight
- priment
priment
45,197 corpus weight
- prin
prin
45,196 corpus weight
- proactive
proactive
45,195 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « priment » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | priment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁim\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « priment » en français
Rare enough to double-check
priment is uncommon French at frequency #54,804 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for priment, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 priment, spelled P-R-I-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de primer.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de primer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how priment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme trop souvent, les intérêts des adultes priment sur ceux des enfants, déplore Claire Leconte, chercheuse en chronobiologie.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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