weathervsweaverWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“weather” and “weaver” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,363
“weather” frequency rank
#47,848
“weaver” frequency rank
79211
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature weather weaver
Definition Wetter Weber

Letter map: weather vs weaver

Shared letters muted; letters that set weather and weaver apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. weather runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against weaver's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
weather
6 ch
weaver

Pair insight - weather / weaver

weather and weaver are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

weather is recorded at frequency rank #31,363, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈwɛðə]. weaver is at rank #47,848, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 79211, this pair ranks #221,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of weather vs weaver

Shared letters: aerw. Private to "weather": ht. Private to "weaver": v.

"weather" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "weaver" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • weather ← ewather · waether · weahter · weatehr · weatherr · weathher · weathre · weatther
  • weaver ← ewaver · waever · weaevr · weaverr · weavre · weavver · wevaer · wweaver

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "weather" and "weaver" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "weather" vs "weaver" - which ranks higher?
"weather" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,363 in our German list, against #47,848 for "weaver". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "weather" and "weaver".

  • Full dictionary entry for "weather" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "weaver" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #221,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "weather" and "weaver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs weaver". 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 #221,439 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list