Gleiter

[ˈɡlaɪ̯tɐ]

/[ˈɡlaɪ̯tɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gleiter” is uncommon German (frequency #62,466 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,466
frequency rank, German
54,401
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Luftfahrzeug, das ohne Motorunterstützung fliegt

Key facts for Gleiter
PropertyValue
HeadwordGleiter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡlaɪ̯tɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,466
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gleiter” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Gleiter lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gleiter is uncommon German at frequency #62,466 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlaɪ̯tɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Gleiter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gleiter, spelled G-L-E-I-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Luftfahrzeug, das ohne Motorunterstützung fliegt
  2. 2
    Lebewesen, das zeitweilig ohne Flügelschlag fliegen kann
  3. 3
    Wasserfahrzeug, bei dem der vordere Teil des Schiffskörpers bei der Fahrt oberhalb der Wasseroberfläche liegt

Synonyms

Gleitflugzeug

Antonyms

Verdränger

This word in other languages

glider(English)

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 "Gleiter"?
"Gleiter" is spelled G-L-E-I-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlaɪ̯tɐ].
What does "Gleiter" mean?
As a noun, "Gleiter" means: Luftfahrzeug, das ohne Motorunterstützung fliegt
How do you pronounce "Gleiter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gleiter" is [ˈɡlaɪ̯tɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gleiter" come from?
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Using “Gleiter”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-L-E-I-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈɡlaɪ̯tɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list