privater

/[pʁiˈvaːtɐ]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,259

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

privater is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs privat Pronounced [pʁiˈvaːtɐ]. It ranks #8,259 in German word frequency. Often confused with privates and Privatjet.

Key facts for privater
PropertyValue
Headwordprivater
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pʁiˈvaːtɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,259
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for privater is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁiˈvaːtɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,259 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for privater, with forms such as "pirvater", "pprivater", and "priavter". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "privates", "Privatjet", "privat", 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 privater, spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirvater,pprivater,priavter,privaetr,privaterr,privatre,privatter,privtaer,privvater,prrivater,prviater,rpivater

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for privater

Misspelling Variants of "privater"

pirvater8pprivater9priavter8privaetr8privaterr9privatre8privatter9privtaer8
Misspelling Variants of "privater"

Frequency rank: #8,259 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "privater"?
"privater" is spelled P-R-I-V-A-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁiˈvaːtɐ].
What does "privater" mean?
As an adj, "privater" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs privat
What words are commonly confused with "privater"?
"privater" is commonly confused with "privates", "Privatjet", "privat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "privater"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "privater" is [pʁiˈvaːtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "privater" come from?
"privater" 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.