fetter

Name: fetter, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈfɛtɐ]

/[ˈfɛtɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“fetter” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,238
frequency rank, German: 3,474
“F” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fett

Corpus desk

Index DE-fetter · fetter · German

fetter · rank #18,238 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #18,238
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 3,474
PHOTO-FINISH Feierlichkeit…

Nearest frequency peer: Feierlichkeiten (-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.

Fasching

81,766
fehlerhaft

81,765
Feierlichke…

81,764
fetter

81,763
Feuern

81,762
Fichte

81,761

What this shows „fetter“ 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).

fetter vs Feuer

50% similar

fetter vs fever

67% similar

fetter vs Filter

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fetter
Property	Value
Headword	fetter
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈfɛtɐ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#18,238
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fetter“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).fetterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#18,238

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Feierlichkeiten“ (#18,237), „Feuern“ (#18,239), „fehlerhaft“ (#18,236). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fetter“ bei #18,238. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around fetter (IPA [ˈfɛtɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,238 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fetter, with forms such as "eftter", "feter", and "fetetr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Feuer", "fever", "Filter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is fetter, spelled F-E-T-T-E-R.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

eftter
feter
fetetr
fetterr
fettre
ffetter
fteter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fetter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "fetter"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fetter"?

"fetter" is spelled F-E-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛtɐ].

What does "fetter" mean?

As an adjective, "fetter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fett

What words are commonly confused with "fetter"?

"fetter" is commonly confused with "Feuer", "fever", "Filter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "fetter"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fetter" is [ˈfɛtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "fetter" come from?

"fetter" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fetter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Feuern#18,239 Fichte#18,240 fingen#18,242 foster#18,247

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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