Premiere
[pʁəˈmi̯eːʁə]
The verdict
“Premiere” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,297 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,297
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die erste Aufführung eines Theaterstücks oder eines Films
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Premiere |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁəˈmi̯eːʁə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Premiere” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Premiere is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁəˈmi̯eːʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,297 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die erste Aufführung eines Theaterstücks oder eines Films".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Premiere, with forms such as "permiere", "ppremiere", and "preimere". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "probiere", "Premieren", "premier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Premiere, spelled P-R-E-M-I-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1die erste Aufführung eines Theaterstücks oder eines Films
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: permiere,ppremiere,preimere,premeire,premieer,premierre,premiree,premmiere,prmeiere,prremiere,rpemiere
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Premiere - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Premiere”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-E-M-I-E-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pʁəˈmi̯eːʁə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “probiere” - see the side-by-side comparison. Premiere vs probiere
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.