primär

/[pʁiˈmɛːɐ̯]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,338

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

primär is anGermanadj. It means: in erster Linie Pronounced [pʁiˈmɛːɐ̯]. It ranks #6,338 in German word frequency. Often confused with prime and Prior.

Key facts for primär
PropertyValue
Headwordprimär
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pʁiˈmɛːɐ̯]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,338
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for primär is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁiˈmɛːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,338 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in erster Linie".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for primär, with forms such as "pirmär", "pprimär", and "primmär". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "prime", "Prior", "primo", 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 primär, spelled P-R-I-M-Ä-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in erster Linie

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirmär,pprimär,primmär,primrä,primärr,priämr,prmiär,prrimär,rpimär

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for primär

Misspelling Variants of "primär"

pirmär6pprimär7primmär7primrä6primärr7priämr6prmiär6prrimär7
Misspelling Variants of "primär"

Frequency rank: #6,338 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

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