prisonniers

\pʁi.zɔ.nje\

/\pʁi.zɔ.nje\/ adj

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The verdict

“prisonniers” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,489
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de prisonnier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prisonniers · prisonniers · French

prisonniers · rank #3,489 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,489
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH potes

Nearest frequency peer: potes (-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 « prisonniers »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prisonniers » 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).

prisonniers vs pionniers
82% similar
prisonniers vs prisonnier
91% similar
prisonniers vs prisonnière
82% similar

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

Key facts for prisonniers
PropertyValue
Headwordprisonniers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pʁi.zɔ.nje\
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,489
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prisonniers »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.prisonniersse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « potes » (#3,488), « prouve » (#3,490), « pleurer » (#3,487). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prisonniers » est au #3,489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around prisonniers (IPA \pʁi.zɔ.nje\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,489 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de prisonnier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for prisonniers, with forms such as "pirsonniers", "pprisonniers", and "priosnniers". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "pionniers", "prisonnier", "prisonnière", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 prisonniers, spelled P-R-I-S-O-N-N-I-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de prisonnier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est là aussi que végètent misérablement les bédouines qui ont voulu suivre leurs maris prisonniers.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirsonniers
  • pprisonniers
  • priosnniers
  • prisnoniers
  • prisoniers
  • prisoniners
  • prisonneirs
  • prisonnierrs
  • prisonnierss
  • prisonniesr
  • prisonnires
  • prissonniers
  • prrisonniers
  • prsionniers
  • rpisonniers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pirsonniers2pprisonniers1priosnniers2prisnoniers2prisoniers1prisoniners2prisonneirs2prisonnierrs1
Edit distance from "prisonniers"

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 "prisonniers"?
"prisonniers" is spelled P-R-I-S-O-N-N-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁi.zɔ.nje\.
What does "prisonniers" mean?
As an adjective, "prisonniers" means: Masculin pluriel de prisonnier.
What words are commonly confused with "prisonniers"?
"prisonniers" is commonly confused with "pionniers", "prisonnier", "prisonnière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prisonniers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prisonniers" is \pʁi.zɔ.nje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prisonniers" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list