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premier

/pɹɪˈmɪəɹ/adjective, noun, verb

premier is spelled P-R-E-M-I-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 36 times per million words in written English, the 2,669th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “premier vs premiere” about 4,400 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, premier means “Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in premier?

Letters7: P-R-E-M-I-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing36 times per million words; the 2,669th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is premier?

Premier appears 36 times per million words in written English, the 2,669th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce premier?

  • UK /ˈpɹɛm.iː.ə/
  • UK /ˈpɹɛm.jə/
  • US /pɹɪˈmɪəɹ/

Premier has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-premier.opus, En-au-premier.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with premier

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

premier vs premiere4,400 G

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with premier?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as premier from its last stressed vowel (/ɪəɹ/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of premier

  • premiers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • premiering participle, present
  • premiered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does premier mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree.

  2. 2

    Most ancient; first to hold a specified status.

noun

  1. 1

    UKThe prime minister.

  2. 2

    AustraliaCanadaUKThe leader of a state or provincial government and cabinet.

  3. 3

    The government leader in a legislative congress or leader of a government-level administrative body; the head of government.

  4. 4

    slangThe first lieutenant or other second-in-command officer of a ship.

  5. 5

    AustraliaThe champion team of a particular season (especially as used in Australian rules football).

verb

  1. 1

    To perform, display or exhibit for the first time.

    The composer invited all his friends when they premiered the movie he orchestrated, we got to see it before anyone but the crew.

  2. 2

    To govern in the role of premier.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Premier in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpremier, première (foremost, very first or very highest in quality…), premier ministre (Australia, Canada: head of a state or…)
Spanishfénix (foremost, very first or very highest in quality…), premier (prime minister of a country)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does premier come from?

Borrowed from Middle French premier (adjective), from Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primary.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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