partner

/[ˈpartnɛr]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,366

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

partner is aGermannoun. It means: Personen oder Institutionen, die gemeinsam ein Ziel verfolgen; Partner Pronounced [ˈpartnɛr]. It ranks #1,366 in German word frequency. Often confused with pater and porter.

Key facts for partner
PropertyValue
Headwordpartner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpartnɛr]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,366
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of partner in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for partner is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpartnɛr]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,366 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for partner, with forms such as "aprtner", "parnter", and "parrtner". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "pater", "porter", "Patzer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is partner, spelled P-A-R-T-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personen oder Institutionen, die gemeinsam ein Ziel verfolgen; Partner
  2. 2
    einer von zwei Menschen, die eine feste Beziehung führen; Partner

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aprtner,parnter,parrtner,partenr,partnerr,partnner,partnre,parttner,patrner,ppartner,pratner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for partner

Misspelling Variants of "partner"

aprtner7parnter7parrtner8partenr7partnerr8partnner8partnre7parttner8
Misspelling Variants of "partner"

Frequency rank: #1,366 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "partner"?
"partner" is spelled P-A-R-T-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpartnɛr].
What does "partner" mean?
As a noun, "partner" means: Personen oder Institutionen, die gemeinsam ein Ziel verfolgen; Partner
What words are commonly confused with "partner"?
"partner" is commonly confused with "pater", "porter", "Patzer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "partner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "partner" is [ˈpartnɛr]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "partner" come from?
"partner" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.