Treter

[ˈtʁeːtɐ]

/[ˈtʁeːtɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Treter” is uncommon German (frequency #70,889 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,889
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der andere bewusst/gewohnheitsmäßig/unfair tritt

Corpus desk

Index DE-treter · Treter · German

Treter · rank #70,889 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,889
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Treibhaus

Nearest frequency peer: Treibhaus (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Treter“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Treter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Treter
PropertyValue
HeadwordTreter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtʁeːtɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,889
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Treter“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Treterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Treibhaus“ (#70,888), „Treuchtlingen“ (#70,890), „Triebfeder“ (#70,891). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Treter“ bei #70,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Treter is uncommon German at frequency #70,889 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtʁeːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Treter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Treter, spelled T-R-E-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der andere bewusst/gewohnheitsmäßig/unfair tritt
  2. 2
    schlechter Schuh

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er war lange als ein übler Treter bekannt.
  2. „Eines Tages bemerkte der Direktor seine abgelaufenen Treter und schenkte ihm daraufhin ein Paar amerikanische Soldatenschuhe.“

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 "Treter"?
"Treter" is spelled T-R-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʁeːtɐ].
What does "Treter" mean?
As a noun, "Treter" means: jemand, der andere bewusst/gewohnheitsmäßig/unfair tritt
How do you pronounce "Treter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Treter" is [ˈtʁeːtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Treter" come from?
"Treter" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

titelt#70,881twelve#70,900tables#70,864surren#70,858

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list