papess

As a noun papess is

(obsolete) a female pope, ie the fictitious (pope joan).

As nouns the difference between papess and payess

is that papess is (obsolete) a female pope, ie the fictitious (pope joan) while payess is (chiefly|in the plural) sidelocks worn by hasidic and orthodox male jews.

As nouns the difference between papess and papers

is that papess is a female pope, i.e. the fictitious Pope Joan while papers is plural of lang=en.

As a verb papers is

third-person singular of paper.

Popess is a synonym of papess.

As nouns the difference between popess and papess

is that popess is a female pope while papess is (obsolete) a female pope, ie the fictitious (pope joan).

As nouns the difference between female and papess

is that female is one of the female (feminine) sex or gender while papess is (obsolete) a female pope, ie the fictitious (pope joan).

As an adjective female

is belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs, which in humans and most other mammals is typically the one which has xx chromosomes; belonging to the sex which has larger gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made).