Which to use
“wahre” is an adjective and “wehte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,274
- “wahre” frequency rank
- #45,686
- “wehte” frequency rank
- 47960
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wahre | wehte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs wahr | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wehen |
Where the eye mixes wahre and wehte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. wahre and wehte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between wahre and wehte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: wahre is [ˈvaːʁə] while wehte is [ˈveːtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wahre is recorded at frequency rank #2,274, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvaːʁə]. wehte is at rank #45,686, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈveːtə].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 47960, this pair ranks #1,265,825 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wahre vs wehte
Shared letters: ehw. Private to "wahre": ar. Private to "wehte": t.
"wahre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "wehte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wahre" and "wehte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "wahre" or "wehte"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "wahre" and "wehte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "wahre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wehte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,265,825 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wahre" and "wehte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "waste vs wehte". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,265,825 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.