principes

/\pʁɛ̃.sip\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,635

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

principes is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de principe. Pronounced \pʁɛ̃.sip\. It ranks #2,635 in French word frequency. Often confused with princes and principe.

Key facts for principes
PropertyValue
Headwordprincipes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɛ̃.sip\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,635
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for principes is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɛ̃.sip\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,635 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de principe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for principes, with forms such as "pirncipes", "pprincipes", and "pricnipes". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "princes", "principe", "princier", 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 principes, spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de principe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirncipes,pprincipes,pricnipes,princcipes,princieps,principess,princippes,principse,princpies,prinicpes,prinncipes,prnicipes,prrincipes,rpincipes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for principes

Misspelling Variants of "principes"

pirncipes9pprincipes10pricnipes9princcipes10princieps9principess10princippes10principse9
Misspelling Variants of "principes"

Frequency rank: #2,635 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "principes"?
"principes" is spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛ̃.sip\.
What does "principes" mean?
As a noun, "principes" means: Pluriel de principe.
What words are commonly confused with "principes"?
"principes" is commonly confused with "princes", "principe", "princier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "principes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "principes" is \pʁɛ̃.sip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "principes" come from?
"principes" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.