planer

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

[ˈplaːnɐ]

/[ˈplaːnɐ]/ adj

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

The verdict

“planer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,672. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,672
frequency rank, German: 3,409
“P” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs plan

Corpus desk

Index DE-planer · planer · German

planer · rank #19,672 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,672
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 3,409
PHOTO-FINISH pius

Nearest frequency peer: pius (-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.

Phillip

80,332
PHP

80,331
pius

80,330
planer

80,329
plans

80,328
Podiumsdisk…

80,327

What this shows „planer“ 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).

planer vs plant

67% similar

planer vs plans

67% similar

planer vs plate

67% similar

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

Key facts for planer
Property	Value
Headword	planer
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈplaːnɐ]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#19,672
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „planer“

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

#19,672

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „pius“ (#19,671), „plans“ (#19,673), „PHP“ (#19,670). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „planer“ bei #19,672. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around planer (IPA [ˈplaːnɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,672 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for planer, with forms such as "lpaner", "palner", and "plaenr". 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, "plant", "plans", "plate", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is planer, spelled P-L-A-N-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs plan
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs plan
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs plan
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs plan
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs plan

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

lpaner
palner
plaenr
planerr
planner
planre
pllaner
plnaer
pplaner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of planer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "planer"

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 "planer"?

"planer" is spelled P-L-A-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplaːnɐ].

What does "planer" mean?

As an adjective, "planer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs plan

What words are commonly confused with "planer"?

"planer" is commonly confused with "plant", "plans", "plate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "planer"?

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

What language does "planer" come from?

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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