matter

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

[ˈmatɐ]

/[ˈmatɐ]/ adj

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

The verdict

“matter” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,623. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,623
frequency rank, German: 3,571
“M” headwords: 6
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs matt

Corpus desk

Index DE-matter · matter · German

matter · rank #18,623 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #18,623
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 6 variants
BOOK-MID 3,571
PHOTO-FINISH making

Nearest frequency peer: making (-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.

magisch

81,381
making

81,379
matter

81,378
Matura

81,377
Meere

81,376
Mehrkosten

81,375

What this shows „matter“ 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).

matter vs Mitte

50% similar

matter vs Meter

50% similar

matter vs Mauer

50% similar

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

Key facts for matter
Property	Value
Headword	matter
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈmatɐ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#18,623
Misspellings tracked	6
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „matter“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.matterliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#18,623

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „making“ (#18,622), „Matura“ (#18,624), „Meere“ (#18,625). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „matter“ bei #18,623. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around matter (IPA [ˈmatɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,623 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for matter, with forms such as "amtter", "matetr", and "matterr". 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, "Mitte", "Meter", "Mauer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is matter, spelled M-A-T-T-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs matt
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs matt
3
Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs matt
4
Genitiv Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs matt
5
Nominativ Singular Positiv Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs matt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amtter
matetr
matterr
mattre
mmatter
mtater

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of matter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "matter"

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 "matter"?

"matter" is spelled M-A-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmatɐ].

What does "matter" mean?

As an adjective, "matter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs matt

What words are commonly confused with "matter"?

"matter" is commonly confused with "Mitte", "Meter", "Mauer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "matter"?

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

What language does "matter" come from?

"matter" 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 "matter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

making#18,622 Matura#18,624 Krämer#18,607 Netzes#18,639

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Meth6 variants Lift6 variants Krupp6 variants Kran6 variants