premier

/[pʁə.mje]/ num

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,377

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

premier is aGermannum. It means: erste, erster, erstes Pronounced [pʁə.mje]. It ranks #7,377 in German word frequency. Often confused with premium and probier.

Key facts for premier
PropertyValue
Headwordpremier
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNum
IPA[pʁə.mje]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,377
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of premier in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for premier is 7 letters long, classified as anum, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁə.mje]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,377 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "erste, erster, erstes".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for premier, with forms such as "permier", "ppremier", and "preimer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "premium", "probier", "Preview", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is premier, spelled P-R-E-M-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    erste, erster, erstes

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: permier,ppremier,preimer,premeir,premierr,premire,premmier,prmeier,prremier,rpemier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for premier

Misspelling Variants of "premier"

permier7ppremier8preimer7premeir7premierr8premire7premmier8prmeier7
Misspelling Variants of "premier"

Frequency rank: #7,377 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "premier"?
"premier" is spelled P-R-E-M-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁə.mje].
What does "premier" mean?
As a num, "premier" means: erste, erster, erstes
What words are commonly confused with "premier"?
"premier" is commonly confused with "premium", "probier", "Preview". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "premier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "premier" is [pʁə.mje]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "premier" come from?
"premier" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.