Which to use
“princesse” and “princesses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,441
- “princesse” frequency rank
- #15,465
- “princesses” frequency rank
- 17906
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | princesse | princesses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fille du roi ou du souverain régnant équivalent. | Pluriel de princesse. |
Same sound, different letters: princesse vs princesses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. princesse runs 9 letters (CCVCCVCCV) against princesses's 10 (CCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: princesse vs princesses
This is the hard kind. princesse and princesses are pronounced identically (\pʁɛ̃.sɛs\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “princesse” sits inside “princesses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
princesse is recorded at frequency rank #2,441, classified as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛ̃.sɛs\. princesses is at rank #15,465, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pʁɛ̃.sɛs\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 17906, this pair ranks #380,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of princesse vs princesses
Shared letters: ceinprs. Private to "princesse": -. Private to "princesses": -.
"princesse" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV · "princesses" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- princesse ← pirncesse · pprincesse · pricnesse · princcesse · princese · princeses · princsese · prinecsse
- princesses ← pirncesses · pprincesses · pricnesses · princcesses · princesess · princessess · princessse · princseses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "princesse" for "princesses" ever safe?
Which is more common, "princesse" or "princesses"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "princesse" / "princesses". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "princesse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "princesses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "princesse" and "princesses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "princess vs princesses". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #380,889 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.