primeur

/\pʁi.mœʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,264

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

primeur is aFrenchnoun. It means: Caractère de ce qui est nouveau. Pronounced \pʁi.mœʁ\. Often confused with priver and primus.

Key facts for primeur
PropertyValue
Headwordprimeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁi.mœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,264
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of primeur in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for primeur is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁi.mœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,264 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 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 primeur, with forms such as "pirmeur", "pprimeur", and "priemur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "priver", "primus", "promeut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is primeur, spelled P-R-I-M-E-U-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est nouveau.
  2. 2
    Première saison des fruits et des légumes.
  3. 3
    Période qui suit la vendange, en parlant du vin.
  4. 4
    Fruits et légumes précoces.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirmeur,pprimeur,priemur,primeru,primeurr,primmeur,primuer,prmieur,prrimeur,rpimeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for primeur

Misspelling Variants of "primeur"

pirmeur7pprimeur8priemur7primeru7primeurr8primmeur8primuer7prmieur7
Misspelling Variants of "primeur"

Frequency rank: #34,264 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "primeur"?
"primeur" is spelled P-R-I-M-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁi.mœʁ\.
What does "primeur" mean?
As a noun, "primeur" means: Caractère de ce qui est nouveau.
What words are commonly confused with "primeur"?
"primeur" is commonly confused with "priver", "primus", "promeut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "primeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "primeur" is \pʁi.mœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "primeur" come from?
"primeur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.