Primat
[pʁiˈmaːt]
The verdict
“Primat” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,974 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,974
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ordnung der Säugetiere, zu der auch der Mensch gehört
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 | Primat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁiˈmaːt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Primat” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Primat is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁiˈmaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,974 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ordnung der Säugetiere, zu der auch der Mensch gehört".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Primat, with forms such as "pirmat", "pprimat", and "priamt". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "prime", "print", "primo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Primat, spelled P-R-I-M-A-T.
Definition
- 1Ordnung der Säugetiere, zu der auch der Mensch gehört
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pirmat,pprimat,priamt,primatt,primmat,primta,prmiat,prrimat,rpimat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Primat - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Primat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-I-M-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pʁiˈmaːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “prime” - see the side-by-side comparison. Primat vs prime
- 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.