väterlicher

[ˈfɛːtɐlɪçɐ]

/[ˈfɛːtɐlɪçɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“väterlicher” is uncommon German (frequency #83,494 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,494
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs väterlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-vaterlicher · väterlicher · German

väterlicher · rank #83,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,494
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vorstufen

Nearest frequency peer: Vorstufen (-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 „väterlicher“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for väterlicher
PropertyValue
Headwordväterlicher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfɛːtɐlɪçɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#83,494
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „väterlicher“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).väterlicherfällt 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: „Vorstufen“ (#83,493), „Waffengesetze“ (#83,495), „vornehmsten“ (#83,492). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „väterlicher“ bei #83,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

väterlicher is uncommon German at frequency #83,494 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɛːtɐlɪçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for väterlicher in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is väterlicher, spelled V-Ä-T-E-R-L-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs väterlich
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs väterlich
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs väterlich
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs väterlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs väterlich

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 "väterlicher"?
"väterlicher" is spelled V-Ä-T-E-R-L-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛːtɐlɪçɐ].
What does "väterlicher" mean?
As an adjective, "väterlicher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs väterlich
How do you pronounce "väterlicher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "väterlicher" is [ˈfɛːtɐlɪçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "väterlicher" come from?
"väterlicher" 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 "väterlicher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vornehmsten#83,492Wahlkämpfen#83,497wahrhaftige#83,498Vorderasien#83,488

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list