dritter

/[ˈdʁɪtɐ]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,239

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

dritter is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dritte Pronounced [ˈdʁɪtɐ]. It ranks #3,239 in German word frequency. Often confused with Driver and drittes.

Key facts for dritter
PropertyValue
Headworddritter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈdʁɪtɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,239
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dritter in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for dritter is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʁɪtɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,239 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for dritter, with forms such as "ddritter", "dirtter", and "driter". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Driver", "drittes", "drunter", 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 German form is dritter, spelled D-R-I-T-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dritte
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dritte
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dritte
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dritte
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dritte

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddritter,dirtter,driter,dritetr,dritterr,drittre,drritter,drtiter,rditter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dritter

Misspelling Variants of "dritter"

ddritter8dirtter7driter6dritetr7dritterr8drittre7drritter8drtiter7
Misspelling Variants of "dritter"

Frequency rank: #3,239 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dritter"?
"dritter" is spelled D-R-I-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁɪtɐ].
What does "dritter" mean?
As an adj, "dritter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dritte
What words are commonly confused with "dritter"?
"dritter" is commonly confused with "Driver", "drittes", "drunter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dritter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dritter" is [ˈdʁɪtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dritter" come from?
"dritter" is a German 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.