Gatter

[ˈɡatɐ]

/[ˈɡatɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gatter” is uncommon German (frequency #55,343 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,343
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zaun, Abgrenzung aus (Holz-)Latten

Corpus desk

Index DE-gatter · Gatter · German

Gatter · rank #55,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,343
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gastfreundlich

Nearest frequency peer: gastfreundlich (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gatter“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gatter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gatter
PropertyValue
HeadwordGatter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡatɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,343
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gatter“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gatterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gastfreundlich“ (#55,342), „Gays“ (#55,344), „Gartenmöbel“ (#55,341). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gatter“ bei #55,343. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gatter is uncommon German at frequency #55,343 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡatɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gatter, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gatter, spelled G-A-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zaun, Abgrenzung aus (Holz-)Latten
  2. 2
    Tor aus (Holz-)Latten, Tor mit einem Gitter
  3. 3
    Einzäunung für Tiere
  4. 4
    Schaltung zur Realisierung der logischen Grundoperationen
  5. 5
    Rahmen mit eingespannten Sägeblättern, Teil der Gattersäge
  6. 6
    Gattersäge (Maschine zum Schneiden von Holz oder Naturstein)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gatter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Kinder klettern immer über das Gatter zum Nachbarn in den Garten.
  2. „Sie fuhren eine weitere Meile der Grenze von Doubting Hall entlang, die eine verfallene Mauer und tropfnasse Bäume erkennbar machten, bis sie zu ein paar Hütten und einem weißen Gatter kamen.“

Synonyms

LattenzaunGattertorGattertürGehegePferchLogikgatterGattersäge

This word in other languages

fence(English)porte(Français)cerca(Português)

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 "Gatter"?
"Gatter" is spelled G-A-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡatɐ].
What does "Gatter" mean?
As a noun, "Gatter" means: Zaun, Abgrenzung aus (Holz-)Latten
How do you pronounce "Gatter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gatter" is [ˈɡatɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gatter" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

genuin#55,353Funker#55,332frönen#55,331felice#55,313

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list