Toaster

/[ˈtoːstɐ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,086

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Toaster is aGermannoun. It means: elektrisch betriebenes Küchengerät, um Brot zu rösten Pronounced [ˈtoːstɐ]. Often confused with Toter and Tochter.

Key facts for Toaster
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HeadwordToaster
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtoːstɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,086
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Toaster is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtoːstɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,086 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "elektrisch betriebenes Küchengerät, um Brot zu rösten".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Toaster, with forms such as "otaster", "taoster", and "toasetr". 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, "Toter", "Tochter", "Taste", 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 Toaster, spelled T-O-A-S-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
    elektrisch betriebenes Küchengerät, um Brot zu rösten

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otaster,taoster,toasetr,toasster,toasterr,toastre,toastter,toatser,tosater,ttoaster

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Toaster

Misspelling Variants of "Toaster"

otaster7taoster7toasetr7toasster8toasterr8toastre7toastter8toatser7
Misspelling Variants of "Toaster"

Frequency rank: #21,086 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Toaster"?
"Toaster" is spelled T-O-A-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtoːstɐ].
What does "Toaster" mean?
As a noun, "Toaster" means: elektrisch betriebenes Küchengerät, um Brot zu rösten
What words are commonly confused with "Toaster"?
"Toaster" is commonly confused with "Toter", "Tochter", "Taste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Toaster"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Toaster" is [ˈtoːstɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Toaster" come from?
"Toaster" 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.