prisma

\pʁis.ma\

/\pʁis.ma\/ verb

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The verdict

“prisma” is uncommon French (frequency #60,298 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,298
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de prismer.

Key facts for prisma
PropertyValue
Headwordprisma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pʁis.ma\
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,298
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prisma” 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). prisma lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

prisma is uncommon French at frequency #60,298 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁis.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de prismer.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prisma, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prisma, spelled P-R-I-S-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de prismer.

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 "prisma"?
"prisma" is spelled P-R-I-S-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁis.ma\.
What does "prisma" mean?
As a verb, "prisma" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de prismer.
How do you pronounce "prisma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prisma" is \pʁis.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prisma" come from?
"prisma" 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 “prisma”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is P-R-I-S-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pʁis.ma\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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