premium

/[ˈpʁeːmi̯ʊm]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,409

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

premium is anGermanadj. It means: von bester Qualität Pronounced [ˈpʁeːmi̯ʊm]. It ranks #5,409 in German word frequency. Often confused with premier.

Key facts for premium
PropertyValue
Headwordpremium
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈpʁeːmi̯ʊm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,409
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for premium is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpʁeːmi̯ʊm]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,409 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "von bester Qualität".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for premium, with forms such as "permium", "ppremium", and "preimum". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "premier", 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 premium, spelled P-R-E-M-I-U-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    von bester Qualität

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: permium,ppremium,preimum,premimu,premiumm,premmium,premuim,prmeium,prremium,rpemium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for premium

Misspelling Variants of "premium"

permium7ppremium8preimum7premimu7premiumm8premmium8premuim7prmeium7
Misspelling Variants of "premium"

Frequency rank: #5,409 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "premium"?
"premium" is spelled P-R-E-M-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʁeːmi̯ʊm].
What does "premium" mean?
As an adj, "premium" means: von bester Qualität
What words are commonly confused with "premium"?
"premium" is commonly confused with "premier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "premium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "premium" is [ˈpʁeːmi̯ʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "premium" come from?
"premium" 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.