dater

\da.te\

/\da.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“dater” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,671. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,671
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marquer la date de quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dater · dater · French

dater · rank #17,671 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,671
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH célébrée

Nearest frequency peer: célébrée (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dater »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dater » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

dater vs der
60% similar
dater vs dite
60% similar
dater vs Dave
40% similar

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

Key facts for dater
PropertyValue
Headworddater
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\da.te\
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,671
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dater »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).daterse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « célébrée » (#17,670), « db » (#17,672), « célébrations » (#17,669). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dater » est au #17,671. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around dater (IPA \da.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,671 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dater, with forms such as "adter", "daetr", and "daterr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "der", "dite", "Dave", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dater, spelled D-A-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marquer la date de quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Avoir eu lieu, ou avoir commencé d’exister à telle ou telle époque.
  3. 3
    Prendre pour point de départ.
  4. 4
    Être désuet, suranné.
  5. 5
    Importer, avoir de l’importance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] ; la guerre avait rendu un jugement irréformable dont les considérants, comme dit Proudhon, avaient été datés de Valmy, de Jemmapes et de cinquante autres champs de bataille, […].
  2. Dater une lettre, un arrêt, un contrat, une expédition.

This word in other languages

date(English)datieren(Deutsch)datar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adter
  • daetr
  • daterr
  • datre
  • datter
  • ddater
  • dtaer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dater - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

adter2daetr2daterr1datre2datter1ddater1dtaer2
Edit distance from "dater"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dater"?
"dater" is spelled D-A-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \da.te\.
What does "dater" mean?
As a verb, "dater" means: Marquer la date de quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "dater"?
"dater" is commonly confused with "der", "dite", "Dave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dater"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dater" is \da.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dater" come from?
"dater" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coloc#17,656canot#17,646burke#17,642bruts#17,639

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

collet7 variantsbride7 variantsbarbu7 variantsgalop7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list