prince

\pʁɛ̃s\

/\pʁɛ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“prince” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,338
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui est d’une maison souveraine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prince · prince · French

prince · rank #1,338 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,338
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH populaire

Nearest frequency peer: populaire (-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 « prince »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prince » 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).

prince vs prise
67% similar
prince vs privé
50% similar
prince vs prône
67% similar

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

Key facts for prince
PropertyValue
Headwordprince
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɛ̃s\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,338
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prince »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).princese 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 « populaire » (#1,337), « province » (#1,339), « musée » (#1,336). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prince » est au #1,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around prince (IPA \pʁɛ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,338 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for prince, with forms such as "pirnce", "pprince", and "pricne". 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, "prise", "privé", "prône", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is prince, spelled P-R-I-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui est d’une maison souveraine.
  2. 2
    Fils du roi ou du souverain régnant équivalent.
  3. 3
    Souverain qui commande dans le lieu dont on parle.
  4. 4
    Celui qui, sans être souverain, ni de maison souveraine, est à la tête d’une principauté, ou celui à qui un souverain a conféré ce titre.
  5. 5
    Celui qui est le premier par ordre de dignité, de mérite, de talent.
  6. 6
    Celui qui est le premier, le meilleur dans son genre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des impôts considérables accablaient les vilains, écrasait les pauvres gens, épargnant les princes et les ducs, les comtes et les marquis.
  2. — C’est un Prince, ça ? – cria-t-il, inexprimablement indigné. – Il n’est même pas aussi poli qu’un chien !

Synonyms

altesse

This word in other languages

prince(English)príncipe(Español)Prinz(Deutsch)príncipe(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirnce
  • pprince
  • pricne
  • princce
  • prinec
  • prinnce
  • prnice
  • prrince
  • rpince

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pirnce2pprince1pricne2princce1prinec2prinnce1prnice2prrince1
Edit distance from "prince"

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 "prince"?
"prince" is spelled P-R-I-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛ̃s\.
What does "prince" mean?
As a noun, "prince" means: Celui qui est d’une maison souveraine.
What words are commonly confused with "prince"?
"prince" is commonly confused with "prise", "privé", "prône". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prince"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prince" is \pʁɛ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prince" come from?
"prince" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

revenu#1,344dedans#1,327bouche#1,354budget#1,319

Similar misspelling depth

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

connaît9 variantshauteur9 variantsécoles9 variantsvendre9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list