Sumatra

[zuˈmaːtʁa]

/[zuˈmaːtʁa]/ name

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The verdict

“Sumatra” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,050
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu Indonesien gehörende Insel

Corpus desk

Index DE-sumatra · Sumatra · German

Sumatra · rank #36,050 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #36,050
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH supi

Nearest frequency peer: supi (+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 „Sumatra“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Sumatra“ 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).

Sumatra vs Sinatra
71% similar

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

Key facts for Sumatra
PropertyValue
HeadwordSumatra
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[zuˈmaːtʁa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,050
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sumatra“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Sumatraliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „supi“ (#36,051), „subventioniert“ (#36,048), „surf“ (#36,052). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sumatra“ bei #36,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Sumatra (IPA [zuˈmaːtʁa]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,050 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zu Indonesien gehörende Insel".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sumatra, with forms such as "smuatra", "ssumatra", and "suamtra". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Sinatra", 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 Sumatra, spelled S-U-M-A-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu Indonesien gehörende Insel

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Sumatra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die fünf CIA-Agenten, die auf Sumatra dabei gewesen waren, machten sich Hals über Kopf mit einem Jeep Richtung Süden aus dem Staub.“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smuatra
  • ssumatra
  • suamtra
  • sumarta
  • sumatar
  • sumatrra
  • sumattra
  • summatra
  • sumtara
  • usmatra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

smuatra2ssumatra1suamtra2sumarta2sumatar2sumatrra1sumattra1summatra1
Edit distance from "Sumatra"

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 "Sumatra"?
"Sumatra" is spelled S-U-M-A-T-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [zuˈmaːtʁa].
What does "Sumatra" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sumatra" means: zu Indonesien gehörende Insel
What words are commonly confused with "Sumatra"?
"Sumatra" is commonly confused with "Sinatra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Sumatra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sumatra" is [zuˈmaːtʁa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sumatra" come from?
"Sumatra" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Städter#36,046stutzig#36,045stocker#36,042Thermen#36,061

Similar misspelling depth

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

straffen10 variantsreizend10 variantsWalliser10 variantsReichel10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list