princesse

\pʁɛ̃.sɛs\

/\pʁɛ̃.sɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“princesse” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,441. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,441
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fille du roi ou du souverain régnant équivalent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-princesse · princesse · French

princesse · rank #2,441 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,441
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH personnalité

Nearest frequency peer: personnalité (-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 « princesse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « princesse » 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).

princesse vs princesses
90% similar
princesse vs princes
78% similar
princesse vs princess
89% similar

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

Key facts for princesse
PropertyValue
Headwordprincesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɛ̃.sɛs\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,441
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « princesse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).princessese 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 « personnalité » (#2,440), « progrès » (#2,442), « passée » (#2,439). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « princesse » est au #2,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around princesse (IPA \pʁɛ̃.sɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,441 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for princesse, with forms such as "pirncesse", "pprincesse", and "pricnesse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "princesses", "princes", "princess", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is princesse, spelled P-R-I-N-C-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fille du roi ou du souverain régnant équivalent.
  2. 2
    Fille et petite-fille du souverain ou de la souveraine.
  3. 3
    Épouse d’un prince.
  4. 4
    Souveraine d’une principauté.
  5. 5
    Celle qui est la meilleure dans son genre.
  6. 6
    Celle qui a de telles prétentions ou de telles exigences qu’on la compare à une princesse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Louis la donnait pour femme au roi Alphonse VI, avec lequel il désirait resserrer son alliance. Deux ans plus tard cette princesse déposa son mari, et épousa Don Pedro son beau-frère, […].
  2. Les princesses, jeunes, riches et belles, sont trop occupées, elles sont entourées, comme toutes les plantes rares, d’une haie de sots, de gentilshommes bien élevés, vides comme des sureaux !

This word in other languages

princess(English)princesa(Español)Fürstin(Deutsch)princesa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirncesse
  • pprincesse
  • pricnesse
  • princcesse
  • princese
  • princeses
  • princsese
  • prinecsse
  • prinncesse
  • prnicesse
  • prrincesse
  • rpincesse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of princesse - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

pirncesse2pprincesse1pricnesse2princcesse1princese1princeses2princsese2prinecsse2
Edit distance from "princesse"

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 "princesse"?
"princesse" is spelled P-R-I-N-C-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛ̃.sɛs\.
What does "princesse" mean?
As a noun, "princesse" means: Fille du roi ou du souverain régnant équivalent.
What words are commonly confused with "princesse"?
"princesse" is commonly confused with "princesses", "princes", "princess". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "princesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "princesse" is \pʁɛ̃.sɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "princesse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

organisme#2,437quartiers#2,445ministres#2,433réfléchir#2,451

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

progrès12 variantsexprimer12 variantsAlexandre12 variantsconsiste12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list