Which to use
“we're” is an abbrev and “wehrt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,728
- “we're” frequency rank
- #10,777
- “wehrt” frequency rank
- 47505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | we're | wehrt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | „we are:“ wir sind | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren |
Letter map: we're vs wehrt
Shared letters muted; letters that set we're and wehrt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. we're runs 4 letters (CVCV) against wehrt's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for we're / wehrt
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: we're is anabbrev and wehrtaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
we're is recorded at frequency rank #36,728, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. 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 47505, this pair ranks #1,281,936 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of we're vs wehrt
Shared letters: erw. Private to "we're": -. Private to "wehrt": ht.
"we're" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "wehrt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- wehrt ← ewhrt · wehhrt · wehrrt · wehrtt · wehtr · werht · whert · wwehrt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "we're" and "wehrt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "we're" vs "wehrt" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "we're" 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 #1,281,936 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "we're" and "wehrt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs we're". 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 #1,281,936 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.