Which to use
“1er” and “premiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #893
- “1er” frequency rank
- #649
- “premiers” frequency rank
- 1542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | 1er | premiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Premier. | Masculin pluriel de premier. |
Same sound, different letters: 1er vs premiers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters. 1er runs 2 letters (VC) against premiers's 8 (CCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - 1er / premiers
This is the hard kind. 1er and premiers are pronounced identically (\pʁə.mje\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
1er is recorded at frequency rank #893, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁə.mje\. premiers is at rank #649, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pʁə.mje\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 1542, this pair ranks #437,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of 1er vs premiers
Shared letters: er. Private to "1er": -. Private to "premiers": imps.
"1er" · 2 letters · shape VC · "premiers" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- premiers ← permiers · ppremiers · preimers · premeirs · premierrs · premierss · premiesr · premires
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "1er" for "premiers" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "1er" or "premiers" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "1er" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "premiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "1er" and "premiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pamiers vs premiers". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #437,865 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.