princeps
\pʁɛ̃.sɛps\
The verdict
“princeps” is uncommon French (frequency #51,673 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,673
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans la locution édition princeps, qualifie la première édition d’un livre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-princeps · princeps · French
princeps · rank #51,673 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,673
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH preparation
Nearest frequency peer: preparation (-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 « princeps »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- postmoderne
postmoderne
48,331 corpus weight
- PPs
PPs
48,330 corpus weight
- preparation
preparation
48,329 corpus weight
- princeps
princeps
48,328 corpus weight
- professor
professor
48,327 corpus weight
- professoral
professoral
48,326 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « princeps » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | princeps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pʁɛ̃.sɛps\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « princeps » en français
Rare enough to double-check
princeps is uncommon French at frequency #51,673 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pʁɛ̃.sɛps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for princeps, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is princeps, spelled P-R-I-N-C-E-P-S.
Definition
- 1Dans la locution édition princeps, qualifie la première édition d’un livre.
- 2Qui précède tous les autres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how princeps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— C’étoit, s’il m’en souvient, l’ombre de Purgold dont les funestes ciseaux mordoient d’un pouce et demi sur les marges de mes aldes brochés, tandis que celle d’Heudier plongeoit impitoyablement dans un acide dévorant mon plus beau volume d’édition princeps, et l’en retiroit tout blanc ; mais j’ai de bonnes raisons de penser qu’ils sont au moins en purgat…
Il est à la recherche de quelque bouquin imprimé à Amsterdam en 1570, édition princeps avec trois fautes de typographie, une à la première feuille, une à la septième, une à la dernière.
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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