echter

/[ˈɛçtɐ]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,721

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

echter is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs echt Pronounced [ˈɛçtɐ]. It ranks #3,721 in German word frequency. Often confused with eher and Ester.

Key facts for echter
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LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈɛçtɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,721
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for echter is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɛçtɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,721 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 echter, with forms such as "cehter", "ecchter", and "echetr". 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, "eher", "Ester", "Euter", 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 echter, spelled E-C-H-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 Adjektivs echt
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs echt
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs echt
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Adjektivs echt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs echt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cehter,ecchter,echetr,echhter,echterr,echtre,echtter,ecther,ehcter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for echter

Misspelling Variants of "echter"

cehter6ecchter7echetr6echhter7echterr7echtre6echtter7ecther6
Misspelling Variants of "echter"

Frequency rank: #3,721 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "echter"?
"echter" is spelled E-C-H-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛçtɐ].
What does "echter" mean?
As an adj, "echter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs echt
What words are commonly confused with "echter"?
"echter" is commonly confused with "eher", "Ester", "Euter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "echter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "echter" is [ˈɛçtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "echter" come from?
"echter" 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.