premier violon

\pʁə.mje vjɔ.lɔ̃\

/\pʁə.mje vjɔ.lɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Violoniste placé le plus à l’avant de la formation orchestrale et jouant les premières parties de violon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-premier-violon · premier violon · French

premier violon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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 violon
PropertyValue
Headwordpremier violon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁə.mje vjɔ.lɔ̃\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “premier violon” sits in French frequency

premier violon falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

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

No misspelling variants are generated for premier violon in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is premier violon, spelled P-R-E-M-I-E-R- -V-I-O-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Violoniste placé le plus à l’avant de la formation orchestrale et jouant les premières parties de violon.
  2. 2
    Jouer les premiers violons, signifie jouer un rôle de premier plan, notamment dans la politique.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "premier violon"?
"premier violon" is spelled P-R-E-M-I-E-R- -V-I-O-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁə.mje vjɔ.lɔ̃\.
What does "premier violon" mean?
As a noun, "premier violon" means: Violoniste placé le plus à l’avant de la formation orchestrale et jouant les premières parties de violon.
How do you pronounce "premier violon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "premier violon" is \pʁə.mje vjɔ.lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "premier violon" come from?
"premier violon" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list