PrämievspräziseTell them apart

Quick tell: Prämie is a noun, präzise is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Prämie” is a noun and “präzise” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,655
“Prämie” frequency rank
#9,438
“präzise” frequency rank
24093
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Prämie präzise
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Where the eye mixes Prämie and präzise

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Prämie
7 ch
präzise

Visual trap between Prämie and präzise

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Prämie is [ˈpʁɛːmi̯ə] while präzise is [pʁɛˈt͡siːzə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Prämie is recorded at frequency rank #14,655, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpʁɛːmi̯ə]. präzise is at rank #9,438, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pʁɛˈt͡siːzə].

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 24093, this pair ranks #1,852,451 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Prämie vs präzise

Shared letters: eiprä. Private to "Prämie": m. Private to "präzise": sz.

"Prämie" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV  ·  "präzise" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Prämie" and "präzise" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Prämie" is a noun and "präzise" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Prämie" or "präzise" show up more?
"präzise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,438 in our German list, against #14,655 for "Prämie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Prämie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "präzise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,852,451 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Prämie" and "präzise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Prämie vs Prärie". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,852,451 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list