premium
[ˈpʁeːmi̯ʊm]
The verdict
“premium” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,409 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,409
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von bester Qualität
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 | premium |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpʁeːmi̯ʊm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “premium” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for premium is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for premium, with forms such as "permium", "ppremium", and "preimum". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is premium, spelled P-R-E-M-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1von 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of premium - 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 “premium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-E-M-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpʁeːmi̯ʊm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “premier” - see the side-by-side comparison. premium vs premier
- 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.