prisme

/\pʁism\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,970

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

prisme is aFrenchnoun. It means: Polyèdre ayant pour bases deux polygones égaux et parallèles, dont les côtés homologues sont unis par des parallélogrammes. Pronounced \pʁism\. Often confused with privé and prose.

Key facts for prisme
PropertyValue
Headwordprisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁism\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,970
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for prisme is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁism\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,970 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for prisme, with forms such as "pirsme", "pprisme", and "primse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "privé", "prose", "puisé", 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 prisme, spelled P-R-I-S-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Polyèdre ayant pour bases deux polygones égaux et parallèles, dont les côtés homologues sont unis par des parallélogrammes.
  2. 2
    Instrument d’optique qui sert à réfracter et à décomposer la lumière et qui est un prisme triangulaire de verre blanc ou de cristal.
  3. 3
    Ensemble de préjugés et de passions. → voir filtre

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirsme,pprisme,primse,prisem,prismme,prissme,prrisme,prsime,rpisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prisme

Misspelling Variants of "prisme"

pirsme6pprisme7primse6prisem6prismme7prissme7prrisme7prsime6
Misspelling Variants of "prisme"

Frequency rank: #15,970 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prisme"?
"prisme" is spelled P-R-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁism\.
What does "prisme" mean?
As a noun, "prisme" means: Polyèdre ayant pour bases deux polygones égaux et parallèles, dont les côtés homologues sont unis par des parallélogrammes.
What words are commonly confused with "prisme"?
"prisme" is commonly confused with "privé", "prose", "puisé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prisme" is \pʁism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prisme" come from?
"prisme" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.