principles
\ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pl̩z\
The verdict
“principles” is uncommon French (frequency #64,706 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,706
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de principle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-principles · principles · French
principles · rank #64,706 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,706
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Praslin
Nearest frequency peer: Praslin (-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 « principles »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Posen
Posen
35,298 corpus weight
- positiviste
positiviste
35,297 corpus weight
- Praslin
Praslin
35,296 corpus weight
- principles
principles
35,295 corpus weight
- printing
printing
35,294 corpus weight
- priseurs
priseurs
35,293 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « principles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | principles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pl̩z\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « principles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
principles is uncommon French at frequency #64,706 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pl̩z\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de principle.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for principles, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is principles, spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de principle.
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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