Poster
[ˈpoːstɐ]
The verdict
“Poster” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,765
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plakat mit künstlerischem oder provozierendem Anspruch
Corpus desk
Index DE-poster · Poster · German
Poster · rank #8,765 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,765
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH platt
Nearest frequency peer: platt (-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 „Poster“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Page
Page
91,239 corpus weight
- Pest
Pest
91,238 corpus weight
- platt
platt
91,237 corpus weight
- Poster
Poster
91,236 corpus weight
- Professoren
Professoren
91,235 corpus weight
- Rakete
Rakete
91,234 corpus weight
What this shows „Poster“ 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 | Poster |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpoːstɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Poster“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Poster (IPA [ˈpoːstɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,765 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Poster, with forms such as "opster", "posetr", and "posster". 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, "power", "posts", "Puste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Poster, spelled P-O-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Plakat mit künstlerischem oder provozierendem Anspruch
- 2Schautafel bei einem wissenschaftlichen Kongress
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Poster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Poster meines Lieblingsschauspielers hängt an der Wand.
„Ich habe die Zeiten der strengen Rassentrennung in den Vereinigten Staaten nicht mehr erlebt, ich musste nie im Bus hinten stehen, doch als ich aus den tristen Fluren der Berliner Ausländerpolizei in ein frisch gestrichenes Zimmer mit Topfpflanzen und Postern gebeten wurde, konnte ich mich des Gefühls nicht erwehren, dass man mich durch den Eingang für G…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opster
- posetr
- posster
- posterr
- postre
- postter
- potser
- pposter
- psoter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Poster - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Poster", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).