premier ministre
\pʁə.mje mi.nistʁ\
The verdict
“premier ministre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Titre du chef de gouvernement dans divers pays ou provinces, parmi lesquels le Royaume-Uni, la France (depuis 1959), la Belgique, l’Inde, le Canada et ses provinces, l’Italie, le Japon, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | premier ministre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁə.mje mi.nistʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “premier ministre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
premier ministre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁə.mje mi.nistʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Titre du chef de gouvernement dans divers pays ou provinces, parmi lesquels le Royaume-Uni, la France (depuis 1959), la Belgique, l’Inde, le Canada et ses provinces, l’Italie, le Japon, etc.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for premier ministre, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is premier ministre, spelled P-R-E-M-I-E-R- -M-I-N-I-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Titre du chef de gouvernement dans divers pays ou provinces, parmi lesquels le Royaume-Uni, la France (depuis 1959), la Belgique, l’Inde, le Canada et ses provinces, l’Italie, le Japon, etc.
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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.
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Using “premier ministre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-E-M-I-E-R- -M-I-N-I-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁə.mje mi.nistʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.