premier
/ˈpɹɛ.mi.ɛː/
"premier" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“premier” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,696
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree.
Corpus desk
Index EN-premier · premier · English
premier · rank #2,696 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,696
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pregnant
Nearest frequency peer: pregnant (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “premier”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- personnel
personnel
97,308 corpus weight
- perspective
perspective
97,307 corpus weight
- pregnant
pregnant
97,306 corpus weight
- premier
premier
97,305 corpus weight
- promote
promote
97,304 corpus weight
- q
q
97,303 corpus weight
What this shows “premier” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | premier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɛ.mi.ɛː/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,696 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “premier”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around premier (IPA /ˈpɹɛ.mi.ɛː/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,696 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for premier, with forms such as "permier", "ppremier", and "preimer". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "primer", "premium", "preview", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French premier (adjective), from Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primary. The correct English form is premier, spelled P-R-E-M-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree.
- 2Most ancient; first to hold a specified status.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how premier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2004, Philip Moore, Scouting an Anthropology of Sport, Anthropologica, Volume 46, Number 1, Canadian Anthropology Society, page 40, This failure, for a team associated with one of the premier Australian Rules Football teams with the longest of traditions, is truly enormous.
2011, Kate Askew, Dot. Bomb Australia, Read How You Want, page 70, If they′d followed the advice they had received more carefully, they would have paired up with John Fairfax Holdings, later Fairfax Media, Australia′s premier independent media company.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French premier (adjective), from Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primary.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- permier
- ppremier
- preimer
- premeir
- premierr
- premire
- premmier
- prmeier
- prremier
- rpemier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of premier - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "premier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).