letter

[letə(r)]

/[letə(r)]/ noun

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The verdict

“letter” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,681
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brief

Corpus desk

Index DE-letter · letter · German

letter · rank #29,681 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,681
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lesart

Nearest frequency peer: Lesart (-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 „letter“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „letter“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

letter vs Leute
50% similar
letter vs Liter
50% similar
letter vs lotte
67% similar

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

Key facts for letter
PropertyValue
Headwordletter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[letə(r)]
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,681
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „letter“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).letterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Lesart“ (#29,680), „liebenswert“ (#29,682), „Liebeskummer“ (#29,683). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „letter“ bei #29,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around letter (IPA [letə(r)]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,681 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for letter, with forms such as "eltter", "leter", and "letetr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Leute", "Liter", "lotte", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is letter, spelled L-E-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brief
  2. 2
    Buchstabe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. My father wrote at least two letters daily.
  2. „Read it, Clara“. So she began to read a letter from a young man":

Synonyms

bookstaff

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eltter
  • leter
  • letetr
  • letterr
  • lettre
  • lletter
  • lteter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of letter - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eltter2leter1letetr2letterr1lettre2lletter1lteter2
Edit distance from "letter"

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 "letter"?
"letter" is spelled L-E-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [letə(r)].
What does "letter" mean?
As a noun, "letter" means: Brief
What words are commonly confused with "letter"?
"letter" is commonly confused with "Leute", "Liter", "lotte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "letter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "letter" is [letə(r)]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "letter" come from?
"letter" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Lesart#29,680Köthen#29,669Melone#29,694Kälber#29,665

Similar misspelling depth

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

Manor7 variantsMayen7 variantsKörbe7 variantsKyoto7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list