primevères

\pʁim.vɛʁ\

/\pʁim.vɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“primevères” is uncommon French (frequency #93,113 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,113
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-primeveres · primevères · French

primevères · rank #93,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,113
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH primrose

Nearest frequency peer: primrose (+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 « primevères »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « primevères » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for primevères
PropertyValue
Headwordprimevères
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁim.vɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,113
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « primevères » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).primevèrestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « primrose » (#93,114), « prio » (#93,115), « privilégiera » (#93,116). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « primevères » est au #93,113. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

primevères is uncommon French at frequency #93,113 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁim.vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de primevère.".

primevères doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is primevères, spelled P-R-I-M-E-V-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de primevère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les années « pluvieuses » des tapis de coquelicots, d’orchidées, de pieds d’alouettes, de verveine, primevères et tournesols fleurissent dans une farandole de couleurs et senteurs, comme un jardin sacré sur ce sol si stérile.

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 "primevères"?
"primevères" is spelled P-R-I-M-E-V-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁim.vɛʁ\.
What does "primevères" mean?
As a noun, "primevères" means: Pluriel de primevère.
How do you pronounce "primevères"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "primevères" is \pʁim.vɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "primevères" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list