principauté

\pʁɛ̃.si.pɔ.te\

/\pʁɛ̃.si.pɔ.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“principauté” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #12,643 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#12,643
frequency rank, French
11
letters
17
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dignité de prince.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

principauté vs principaux
82% similar
principauté vs principautés
92% similar
principauté vs principale
73% similar

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

Key facts for principauté
PropertyValue
Headwordprincipauté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɛ̃.si.pɔ.te\
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,643
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “principauté” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). principauté lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for principauté is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɛ̃.si.pɔ.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,643 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for principauté, with forms such as "pirncipauté", "pprincipauté", and "pricnipauté". 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, "principaux", "principautés", "principale", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is principauté, spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-U-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dignité de prince.
  2. 2
    Terre, seigneurie qui donne le rang de prince.
  3. 3
    État indépendant dont le souverain porte le titre de prince.
  4. 4
    Principauté-archevêché, principauté ecclésiastique dirigée par un prince-archevêque.
  5. 5
    Principauté-évêché, principauté ecclésiastique dirigée par un prince-évêque.
  6. 6
    Principauté abbatiale, principauté ecclésiastique dirigée par un prince-abbé.
  7. 7
    Nom que l’on donne à l’un des neuf chœurs des anges.

This word in other languages

principality(English)principado(Español)Fürstentum(Deutsch)principado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirncipauté,pprincipauté,pricnipauté,princcipauté,princiaputé,principatué,principaute,principautté,principauét,princippauté,principuaté,princpiauté,prinicpauté,prinncipauté,prnicipauté,prrincipauté,rpincipauté

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pirncipauté2pprincipauté1pricnipauté2princcipauté1princiaputé2principatué2principaute1principautté1
Edit distance from "principauté"

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 "principauté"?
"principauté" is spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-U-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛ̃.si.pɔ.te\.
What does "principauté" mean?
As a noun, "principauté" means: Dignité de prince.
What words are commonly confused with "principauté"?
"principauté" is commonly confused with "principaux", "principautés", "principale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "principauté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "principauté" is \pʁɛ̃.si.pɔ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "principauté" come from?
"principauté" 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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Using “principauté”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-U-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pʁɛ̃.si.pɔ.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “principaux” - see the side-by-side comparison. principauté vs principaux
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list