Roboter

/[ˈʁɔbɔtɐ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,733

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Roboter is aGermannoun. It means: Maschine, die autonom eine bestimmte Aufgabe erfüllt Pronounced [ˈʁɔbɔtɐ]. It ranks #4,733 in German word frequency. Often confused with roter and Router.

Key facts for Roboter
PropertyValue
HeadwordRoboter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁɔbɔtɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,733
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Roboter is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁɔbɔtɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,733 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 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Roboter, with forms such as "orboter", "rbooter", and "robboter". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "roter", "Router", "Robotik", 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 Roboter, spelled R-O-B-O-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
    Maschine, die autonom eine bestimmte Aufgabe erfüllt
  2. 2
    jemand, der Frondienst leistet, der in Fronarbeit steht

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: orboter,rbooter,robboter,roboetr,roboterr,robotre,robotter,robtoer,roobter,rroboter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Roboter

Misspelling Variants of "Roboter"

orboter7rbooter7robboter8roboetr7roboterr8robotre7robotter8robtoer7
Misspelling Variants of "Roboter"

Frequency rank: #4,733 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Roboter"?
"Roboter" is spelled R-O-B-O-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁɔbɔtɐ].
What does "Roboter" mean?
As a noun, "Roboter" means: Maschine, die autonom eine bestimmte Aufgabe erfüllt
What words are commonly confused with "Roboter"?
"Roboter" is commonly confused with "roter", "Router", "Robotik". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Roboter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Roboter" is [ˈʁɔbɔtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Roboter" come from?
"Roboter" 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.