prime minister
/ˌpɹaɪ(m)ˈmɪnɪstə(ɹ)/
"prime-minister" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prime minister” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prime-minister · prime minister · English
prime minister · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prime minister |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpɹaɪ(m)ˈmɪnɪstə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “prime minister” in English
Rare enough to double-check
prime minister is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpɹaɪ(m)ˈmɪnɪstə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prime minister, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of French premier ministre. The correct English form is prime minister, spelled P-R-I-M-E- -M-I-N-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1The chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prime minister appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This is a list of all prime ministers since Churchill.
Yesterday we had a visit from the Prime Minister / prime minister.
Etymology
Calque of French premier ministre.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.