spätere

[ˈʃpɛːtəʁə]

/[ˈʃpɛːtəʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“spätere” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,314. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,314
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät

Corpus desk

Index DE-spatere · spätere · German

spätere · rank #5,314 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,314
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spielern

Nearest frequency peer: Spielern (-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 „spätere“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „spätere“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

spätere vs spätes
71% similar
spätere vs Spätzle
57% similar
spätere vs späteren
88% similar

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

Key facts for spätere
PropertyValue
Headwordspätere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃpɛːtəʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,314
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „spätere“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.spätereliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Spielern“ (#5,313), „Spektrum“ (#5,312), „Taxi“ (#5,316). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spätere“ bei #5,314. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around spätere (IPA [ˈʃpɛːtəʁə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,314 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for spätere, with forms such as "psätere", "sppätere", and "sptäere". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "spätes", "Spätzle", "späteren", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct German form is spätere, spelled S-P-Ä-T-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psätere
  • sppätere
  • sptäere
  • späetre
  • späteer
  • späterre
  • spätree
  • spättere
  • sspätere
  • säptere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spätere - 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.

psätere2sppätere1sptäere2späetre2späteer2späterre1spätree2spättere1
Edit distance from "spätere"

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 "spätere"?
"spätere" is spelled S-P-Ä-T-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛːtəʁə].
What does "spätere" mean?
As an adjective, "spätere" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
What words are commonly confused with "spätere"?
"spätere" is commonly confused with "spätes", "Spätzle", "späteren". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spätere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spätere" is [ˈʃpɛːtəʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spätere" come from?
"spätere" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "spätere", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tropfen#5,322Piloten#5,295älteste#5,334offener#5,289

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

schwul10 variantsSchock10 variantsniedrig10 variantserfreut10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list