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Which to use

“Premierministerin” and “Premierministers” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,346
“Premierministerin” frequency rank
#48,393
“Premierministers” frequency rank
86739
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Premierministerin Premierministers
Definition Regierungschefin in parlamentarischen Staaten Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Premierminister

Where the eye mixes Premierministerin and Premierministers

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 15 letters in sequence. Premierministerin runs 17 letters (CCVCVVCCVCVCCVCVC) against Premierministers's 16 (CCVCVVCCVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

17 ch
Premierministerin
16 ch
Premierministers

Visual trap between Premierministerin and Premierministers

A purely visual mix-up. Premierministerin ([pʁəˈmi̯eːmiˌnɪstəʁɪn]) and Premierministers ([pʁəˈmi̯eːmiˌnɪstɐs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Premierministerin is recorded at frequency rank #38,346, classified as anoun, pronounced [pʁəˈmi̯eːmiˌnɪstəʁɪn]. Premierministers is at rank #48,393, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pʁəˈmi̯eːmiˌnɪstɐs].

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 86739, this pair ranks #89,623 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Premierministerin vs Premierministers

Shared letters: eimnprst. Private to "Premierministerin": -. Private to "Premierministers": -.

"Premierministerin" · 17 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVCVCCVCVC  ·  "Premierministers" · 16 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Premierministerin ← permierministerin · ppremierministerin · preimerministerin · premeirministerin · premiemrinisterin · premierimnisterin · premiermiinsterin · premierminisetrin
  • Premierministers ← permierministers · ppremierministers · preimerministers · premeirministers · premiemrinisters · premierimnisters · premiermiinsters · premierminisetrs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Premierministerin" for "Premierministers" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([pʁəˈmi̯eːmiˌnɪstəʁɪn] versus [pʁəˈmi̯eːmiˌnɪstɐs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Premierministerin" or "Premierministers" show up more?
"Premierministerin" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,346 in our German list, against #48,393 for "Premierministers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Premierministerin" and "Premierministers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Premierministerin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Premierministers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #89,623 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Premierministerin" and "Premierministers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Premierminister vs Premierministers". 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 #89,623 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