later
[ˈleɪtə(r)]
The verdict
“later” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,657
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - später
Corpus desk
Index DE-later · later · German
later · rank #31,657 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,657
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH lam
Nearest frequency peer: lam (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „later“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Körperschaf…
Körperschaften
68,347 corpus weight
- lam
lam
68,345 corpus weight
- later
later
68,344 corpus weight
- Lebensjahres
Lebensjahres
68,343 corpus weight
- LEDs
LEDs
68,342 corpus weight
- legacy
legacy
68,341 corpus weight
What this shows „later“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | later |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈleɪtə(r)] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „later“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around later (IPA [ˈleɪtə(r)]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,657 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "später".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for later, with forms such as "laetr", "laterr", and "latre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "LTE", "leer", "lite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is later, spelled L-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1später
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- laetr
- laterr
- latre
- latter
- llater
- ltaer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of later - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).