Which to use
“premières” and “premiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #949
- “premières” frequency rank
- #649
- “premiers” frequency rank
- 1598
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | premières | premiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de premier. | Masculin pluriel de premier. |
Where the eye mixes premières and premiers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. premières runs 9 letters (CCVCVVCVC) against premiers's 8 (CCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: premières vs premiers
A purely visual mix-up. premières (\pʁə.mjɛʁ\) and premiers (\pʁə.mje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
premières is recorded at frequency rank #949, classified as anadj, pronounced \pʁə.mjɛʁ\. 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 1598, this pair ranks #437,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of premières vs premiers
Shared letters: eimprs. Private to "premières": è. Private to "premiers": -.
"premières" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCVC · "premiers" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- premiers ← permiers · ppremiers · preimers · premeirs · premierrs · premierss · premiesr · premires
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "premières" and "premiers" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "premières" or "premiers"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "premières" and "premiers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "premières" 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 #437,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "premières" 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 #437,753 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.