Which to use
“währt” and “wehrt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,876
- “währt” frequency rank
- #10,777
- “wehrt” frequency rank
- 41653
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | währt | wehrt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs währen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren |
Where the eye mixes währt and wehrt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. währt and wehrt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses währt with wehrt
A purely visual mix-up. währt ([vɛːɐ̯t]) and wehrt ([veːɐ̯t]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - ä in “währt” becomes e in “wehrt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41653, 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]. wehrt is at rank #10,777, tagged as averb, pronounced [veːɐ̯t].
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 41653, this pair ranks #1,473,034 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of währt vs wehrt
Shared letters: hrtw. Private to "währt": ä. Private to "wehrt": e.
"währt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "wehrt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- wehrt ← ewhrt · wehhrt · wehrrt · wehrtt · wehtr · werht · whert · wwehrt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "währt" and "wehrt" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "währt" or "wehrt" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "währt" and "wehrt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "währt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wehrt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,473,034 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "währt" and "wehrt" 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 #1,473,034 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.