Promi

[ˈpʁɔmi]

/[ˈpʁɔmi]/ noun

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The verdict

“Promi” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,724. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,724
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prominenter

Corpus desk

Index DE-promi · Promi · German

Promi · rank #11,724 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,724
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Prominente

Nearest frequency peer: Prominente (+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 „Promi“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Promi“ 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).

Promi vs pros
40% similar
Promi vs prost
40% similar
Promi vs Prosa
60% similar

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

Key facts for Promi
PropertyValue
HeadwordPromi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpʁɔmi]
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,724
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Promi“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Promiliegt 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: „Prominente“ (#11,725), „perfektes“ (#11,722), „Protein“ (#11,726). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Promi“ bei #11,724. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Promi (IPA [ˈpʁɔmi]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,724 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prominenter".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Promi, with forms such as "pormi", "ppromi", and "prmoi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pros", "prost", "Prosa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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. The correct German form is Promi, spelled P-R-O-M-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prominenter

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Promi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Auf der Gala konnte man viele Promis sehen.
  2. „Der Promi sucht naturgemäß Kontakt zum Promi.“

This word in other languages

celeb(English)famoso(Español)célébrité(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pormi
  • ppromi
  • prmoi
  • proim
  • prommi
  • prromi
  • rpomi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Promi - 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.

pormi2ppromi1prmoi2proim2prommi1prromi1rpomi2
Edit distance from "Promi"

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 "Promi"?
"Promi" is spelled P-R-O-M-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʁɔmi].
What does "Promi" mean?
As a noun, "Promi" means: Prominenter
What words are commonly confused with "Promi"?
"Promi" is commonly confused with "pros", "prost", "Prosa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Promi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Promi" is [ˈpʁɔmi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Promi" come from?
"Promi" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pablo#11,719Neffe#11,717Mönch#11,713Radar#11,735

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Schaf7 variantsspäte7 variantsspüre7 variantsunder7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list