princess

/\ˈpɹɪn.sɛs\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,483

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

princess is aFrenchnoun. It means: Princesse. Pronounced \ˈpɹɪn.sɛs\. Often confused with process and princesse.

Key facts for princess
PropertyValue
Headwordprincess
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈpɹɪn.sɛs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,483
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of princess in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for princess is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈpɹɪn.sɛs\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,483 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Princesse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for princess, with forms such as "pirncess", "pprincess", and "pricness". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "process", "princesse", "princesses", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is princess, spelled P-R-I-N-C-E-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Princesse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirncess,pprincess,pricness,princcess,princses,prinecss,prinncess,prnicess,prrincess,rpincess

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for princess

Misspelling Variants of "princess"

pirncess8pprincess9pricness8princcess9princses8prinecss8prinncess9prnicess8
Misspelling Variants of "princess"

Frequency rank: #29,483 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "princess"?
"princess" is spelled P-R-I-N-C-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpɹɪn.sɛs\.
What does "princess" mean?
As a noun, "princess" means: Princesse.
What words are commonly confused with "princess"?
"princess" is commonly confused with "process", "princesse", "princesses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "princess"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "princess" is \ˈpɹɪn.sɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "princess" come from?
"princess" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.