primäre

[pʁiˈmɛːʁə]

/[pʁiˈmɛːʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“primäre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,664
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs primär

Corpus desk

Index DE-primare · primäre · German

primäre · rank #18,664 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,664
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Postkarten

Nearest frequency peer: Postkarten (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „primäre“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „primäre“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

primäre vs prime
71% similar
primäre vs Primat
43% similar
primäre vs private
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for primäre
PropertyValue
Headwordprimäre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pʁiˈmɛːʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,664
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „primäre“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.primäreliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Postkarten“ (#18,663), „protestiert“ (#18,665), „Postkarte“ (#18,662). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „primäre“ bei #18,664. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around primäre (IPA [pʁiˈmɛːʁə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,664 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for primäre, with forms such as "pirmäre", "pprimäre", and "primmäre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "prime", "Primat", "private", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is primäre, spelled P-R-I-M-Ä-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs primär
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs primär
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs primär
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs primär
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs primär
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs primär
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs primär
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs primär
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs primär

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirmäre
  • pprimäre
  • primmäre
  • primräe
  • primäer
  • primärre
  • priämre
  • prmiäre
  • prrimäre
  • rpimäre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of primäre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

pirmäre2pprimäre1primmäre1primräe2primäer2primärre1priämre2prmiäre2
Edit distance from "primäre"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "primäre"?
"primäre" is spelled P-R-I-M-Ä-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiˈmɛːʁə].
What does "primäre" mean?
As an adjective, "primäre" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs primär
What words are commonly confused with "primäre"?
"primäre" is commonly confused with "prime", "Primat", "private". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "primäre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "primäre" is [pʁiˈmɛːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "primäre" come from?
"primäre" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "primäre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Polster#18,660Plateau#18,656Pfennig#18,653Patriot#18,652

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Scharia10 variantsMigräne10 variantsmentale10 variantskracht10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list