premium
/ˈpɹiː.miː.əm/
"premium" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“premium” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,106 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,106
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Superior in quality; higher in price or value.
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 | premium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɹiː.miː.əm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “premium” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for premium is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɹiː.miː.əm/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,106 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for premium, with forms such as "permium", "ppremium", and "preimum". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "premier", "premise", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin praemium (“prize”). The correct English form is premium, spelled P-R-E-M-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Superior in quality; higher in price or value.
- 2High-end; belonging to the market segment between mid-market and luxury.
Etymology
From Latin praemium (“prize”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: permium,ppremium,preimum,premimu,premiumm,premmium,premuim,prmeium,prremium,rpemium
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of premium - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “premium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-E-M-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɹiː.miː.əm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “premier” - see the side-by-side comparison. premium vs premier
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.