(pronounced misÒ€iz) is similar to miss, except that it refers to a married woman. The other difference is that mrs. Is not used as a stand-alone title;

As a consequence, writers are often unsure whether to use ms. , miss, or mrs. when addressing a woman in an email or a letter. These feminine honorifics are all contractions of the word mistress. Originated as a contraction of the honorific mistress (the feminine of mister or master) which was originally applied to both married and unmarried women in the upper class. Writers who used mrs for Ò€¦ The plural of mrs. Is mmes. , a shortening of the french plural mesdames. English borrowed the french plural for this honorific after adopting messrs.

The plural of mrs. Is mmes. , a shortening of the french plural mesdames. English borrowed the french plural for this honorific after adopting messrs. For the plural of mr.