Which to use
“währt” is a verb and “Wehr” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,876
- “währt” frequency rank
- #10,974
- “Wehr” frequency rank
- 41850
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | währt | Wehr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs währen | Anlage zur Stauung von Wasser, die quer durch ein fließendes Gewässer verläuft |
Where the eye mixes währt and Wehr
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. währt runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against Wehr's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: währt vs Wehr
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: währt is [vɛːɐ̯t] while Wehr is [veːɐ̯]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
währt is recorded at frequency rank #30,876, classified as averb, pronounced [vɛːɐ̯t]. Wehr is at rank #10,974, tagged as anoun, pronounced [veːɐ̯].
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 41850, this pair ranks #1,467,189 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of währt vs Wehr
Shared letters: hrw. Private to "währt": tä. Private to "Wehr": e.
"währt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "Wehr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Wehr ← ewhr · wehhr · wehrr · werh · wher · wwehr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "währt" and "Wehr" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "währt" or "Wehr" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "währt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Wehr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,467,189 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "währt" and "Wehr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "währt vs währte". 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 #1,467,189 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.