primrose
\ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz\
The verdict
“primrose” is uncommon French (frequency #93,114 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,114
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primevère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-primrose · primrose · French
primrose · rank #93,114 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,114
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH primevères
Nearest frequency peer: primevères (-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 « primrose »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- primevères
primevères
6,888 corpus weight
- primrose
primrose
6,887 corpus weight
- prio
prio
6,886 corpus weight
- privilégiera
privilégiera
6,885 corpus weight
- profilée
profilée
6,884 corpus weight
- profiterez
profiterez
6,883 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « primrose » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | primrose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « primrose » en français
Rare enough to double-check
primrose is uncommon French at frequency #93,114 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
primrose doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is primrose, spelled P-R-I-M-R-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Primevère.
- 2Jaune pâle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how primrose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The minute after, she had sidled to him, and was sticking primroses in his plate of porridge.
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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