printemps

\pʁɛ̃.tɑ̃\

/\pʁɛ̃.tɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“printemps” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,050
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’une des quatre saisons de l’année, entre l’hiver et l’été. Dans l’hémisphère nord, le printemps astronomique s’étend du 7 février au 7 mai, l’équinoxe de printemps représentant le milieu du print...

Corpus desk

Index FR-printemps · printemps · French

printemps · rank #2,050 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,050
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH peinture

Nearest frequency peer: peinture (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “printemps”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “printemps” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for printemps
PropertyValue
Headwordprintemps
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɛ̃.tɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,050
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “printemps” sits in French frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).printemps lands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around printemps (IPA \pʁɛ̃.tɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,050 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for printemps, with forms such as "pirntemps", "pprintemps", and "prinetmps". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is printemps, spelled P-R-I-N-T-E-M-P-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    L’une des quatre saisons de l’année, entre l’hiver et l’été. Dans l’hémisphère nord, le printemps astronomique s’étend du 7 février au 7 mai, l’équinoxe de printemps représentant le milieu du printemps. Le printemps météorologique (demi-saison se trouvant entre les saisons froide et chaude) comprend les mois de mars, avril et mai en France. Le printemps calendaire français, enfin, s’étend du 20 mars (équinoxe de printemps) au 21 juin (solstice d’été). Dans l’hémisphère sud, ce découpage correspond à la saison d’automne.
  2. 2
    Pour indiquer un âge : an.
  3. 3
    La jeunesse de quelqu’un ou le début de quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Révolution libérale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le printemps polaire faisait déjà sentir en ce lieu sa modeste influence. La neige fondait peu à peu, et les nuits n’étaient déjà plus assez froides pour la glacer à nouveau. Quelques légères mousses, de maigres graminées, verdissaient çà et là, et de petites fleurs, presque incolores, montraient leur humide corolle entre les cailloux.
  2. On était au premier mois de l'été. C'est la belle saison de la Bretagne, car, au printemps, les genêts et les ajoncs se couvrent déjà de fleurs d'or, mais il pleut trop souvent.

Synonyms

anavriljeunessevernal

This word in other languages

spring(English)primavera(Español)Frühling(Deutsch)primavera(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirntemps
  • pprintemps
  • prinetmps
  • prinntemps
  • printemmps
  • printempps
  • printempss
  • printemsp
  • printepms
  • printmeps
  • printtemps
  • pritnemps
  • prnitemps
  • prrintemps
  • rpintemps

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of printemps - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pirntemps2pprintemps1prinetmps2prinntemps1printemmps1printempps1printempss1printemsp2
Edit distance from "printemps"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "printemps"?
"printemps" is spelled P-R-I-N-T-E-M-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɛ̃.tɑ̃\.
What does "printemps" mean?
As a noun, "printemps" means: L’une des quatre saisons de l’année, entre l’hiver et l’été. Dans l’hémisphère nord, le printemps astronomique s’étend du 7 février au 7 mai, l’équinoxe de printemps représentant le milieu du print...
What are common misspellings of "printemps"?
Common misspellings include "pirntemps", "pprintemps", "prinetmps", "prinntemps", "printemmps". The correct spelling is "printemps".
How do you pronounce "printemps"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "printemps" is \pʁɛ̃.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "printemps" come from?
"printemps" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

retourner#2,055Allemands#2,063essentiel#2,073exception#2,075

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

restaurant15 variantsdémocratie15 variantsappartement15 variantsprécédent15 variants

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list