counter
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The verdict
“counter” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,500. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,500
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schalter
Corpus desk
Index DE-counter · counter · German
counter · rank #25,500 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,500
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH copy
Nearest frequency peer: copy (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „counter“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- coaches
coaches
74,504 corpus weight
- Columbus
Columbus
74,503 corpus weight
- copy
copy
74,502 corpus weight
- counter
counter
74,501 corpus weight
- cube
cube
74,500 corpus weight
- darlegen
darlegen
74,499 corpus weight
What this shows „counter“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | counter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „counter“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around counter (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,500 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for counter, with forms such as "ccounter", "conuter", and "counetr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "county", "Cutter", "country", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is counter, spelled C-O-U-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Schalter
- 2Bankschalter
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccounter
- conuter
- counetr
- counnter
- counterr
- countre
- countter
- coutner
- cuonter
- ocunter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of counter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "counter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).