primus

\pʁi.mys\

/\pʁi.mys\/ noun

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The verdict

“primus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,244
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réchaud à pétrole pressurisé par une pompe manuelle

Corpus desk

Index FR-primus · primus · French

primus · rank #45,244 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,244
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH primordiales

Nearest frequency peer: primordiales (-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 « primus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « primus » 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).

primus vs pris
67% similar
primus vs promu
67% similar
primus vs promis
67% similar

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

Key facts for primus
PropertyValue
Headwordprimus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁi.mys\
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,244
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « primus »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).primusse 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 « primordiales » (#45,243), « primée » (#45,245), « profiterait » (#45,246). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « primus » est au #45,244. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around primus (IPA \pʁi.mys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,244 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Réchaud à pétrole pressurisé par une pompe manuelle".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for primus, with forms such as "pirmus", "pprimus", and "primmus". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pris", "promu", "promis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is primus, spelled P-R-I-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réchaud à pétrole pressurisé par une pompe manuelle

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sur le sol, un ou deux kanouns en argile, un primus à pétrole.
  2. L’atmosphère est empuantie par les odeurs que dégagent les boîtes remplies de l’urine de la nuit et les émanations de pétrole d’un primus qui, faute de pression, s’essoufle ….

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirmus
  • pprimus
  • primmus
  • primsu
  • primuss
  • priums
  • prmius
  • prrimus
  • rpimus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of primus - 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.

pirmus2pprimus1primmus1primsu2primuss1priums2prmius2prrimus1
Edit distance from "primus"

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 "primus"?
"primus" is spelled P-R-I-M-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁi.mys\.
What does "primus" mean?
As a noun, "primus" means: Réchaud à pétrole pressurisé par une pompe manuelle
What words are commonly confused with "primus"?
"primus" is commonly confused with "pris", "promu", "promis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "primus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "primus" is \pʁi.mys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "primus" come from?
"primus" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

primée#45,245pichet#45,226razzia#45,269ornano#45,214

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

païennes9 variantsobsède9 variantsribeiro9 variantsroulais9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list