premises
/ˈpɹɛmɪsɪz/noun, verb
premises is spelled P-R-E-M-I-S-E-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, premises means “Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in premises?
| Letters | 8: P-R-E-M-I-S-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 6,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is premises?
Premises appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th 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 premises?
- US /ˈpɹɛmɪsɪz/
- US /ˈpɹɛməsɪz/
- /ˈpɹɛmɪsiz/
Premises has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-premises.wav, En-us-premises.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of premises
- præmises
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does premises mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
The caretaker lives on the premises.
- 2
The subject of a conveyance or deed.
- 3
obsoleteslangThe vagina.
- 4
plural of premise
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of premise
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Premises in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | local |
| German | Lokal, Räumlichkeiten, Gelände |
| Portuguese | local |
| Spanish | local, recinto, instalaciones |
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.