premier rôle

\pʁə.mje ʁol\

/\pʁə.mje ʁol\/ noun

The verdict

“premier rôle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acteur principal ou actrice principale d'un film ou d'une pièce de théâtre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-premier-role · premier rôle · French

premier rôle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for premier rôle
PropertyValue
Headwordpremier rôle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁə.mje ʁol\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « premier rôle » en français

premier rôlereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

premier rôle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁə.mje ʁol\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for premier rôle, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is premier rôle, spelled P-R-E-M-I-E-R- -R-Ô-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acteur principal ou actrice principale d'un film ou d'une pièce de théâtre.
  2. 2
    Personnes ou groupe de personnes occupant une place importante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how premier rôle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans Nikita de Luc Besson, le premier rôle est tenu par Anne Parillaud.
  2. Ce pays aura joué le premier rôle lors des négociations.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "premier rôle"?
"premier rôle" is spelled P-R-E-M-I-E-R- -R-Ô-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁə.mje ʁol\.
What does "premier rôle" mean?
As a noun, "premier rôle" means: Acteur principal ou actrice principale d'un film ou d'une pièce de théâtre.
How do you pronounce "premier rôle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "premier rôle" is \pʁə.mje ʁol\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "premier rôle" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list