Vaters

/[ˈfaːtɐs]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,562

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Vaters is aGermannoun. It means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Vater Pronounced [ˈfaːtɐs]. It ranks #2,562 in German word frequency. Often confused with Vers and Vater.

Key facts for Vaters
PropertyValue
HeadwordVaters
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfaːtɐs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,562
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Vaters is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfaːtɐs]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,562 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Vater".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Vaters, with forms such as "avters", "vaetrs", and "vaterrs". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Vers", "Vater", "vader", 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 Vaters, spelled V-A-T-E-R-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Vater

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avters,vaetrs,vaterrs,vaterss,vatesr,vatres,vatters,vtaers,vvaters

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Vaters

Misspelling Variants of "Vaters"

avters6vaetrs6vaterrs7vaterss7vatesr6vatres6vatters7vtaers6
Misspelling Variants of "Vaters"

Frequency rank: #2,562 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vaters"?
"Vaters" is spelled V-A-T-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaːtɐs].
What does "Vaters" mean?
As a noun, "Vaters" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Vater
What words are commonly confused with "Vaters"?
"Vaters" is commonly confused with "Vers", "Vater", "vader". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Vaters"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vaters" is [ˈfaːtɐs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vaters" come from?
"Vaters" 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.