prisme

\pʁism\

/\pʁism\/ noun

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The verdict

“prisme” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,970
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Polyèdre ayant pour bases deux polygones égaux et parallèles, dont les côtés homologues sont unis par des parallélogrammes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prisme · prisme · French

prisme · rank #15,970 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,970
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pressés

Nearest frequency peer: pressés (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « prisme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « prisme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

prisme vs privé
50% similar
prisme vs prose
67% similar
prisme vs puisé
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prisme »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).prismese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pressés » (#15,969), « procureurs » (#15,971), « prendrai » (#15,968). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prisme » est au #15,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around prisme (IPA \pʁism\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,970 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for prisme, with forms such as "pirsme", "pprisme", and "primse". 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 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 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 prisme, spelled P-R-I-S-M-E.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les physiciens, et notamment M. Bravais, ont démontré que les halos et les parhélies se produisent par suite de l’action exercée sur les rayons solaires traversant des cirrhus composés de petits prismes de glace.
  2. L’acide tellurique cristallise en gros prismes hexagonaux qui contiennent trois équivalents d’eau.

Synonyms

œillères

This word in other languages

prism(English)prisma(Español)Prisma(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirsme
  • pprisme
  • primse
  • prisem
  • prismme
  • prissme
  • prrisme
  • prsime
  • rpisme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prisme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

pirsme2pprisme1primse2prisem2prismme1prissme1prrisme1prsime2
Edit distance from "prisme"

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 "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

python#15,980quartz#15,985quitta#15,986notera#15,948

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

pressés9 variantspossédé9 variantsperruque9 variantsquittera9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list