Which to use
“weather” is a noun and “welcher” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,363
- “weather” frequency rank
- #805
- “welcher” frequency rank
- 32168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | weather | welcher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Wetter | ein Interrogativpronomen (Fragepronomen) |
Where the eye mixes weather and welcher
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. weather (CVVCCVC) and welcher (CVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between weather and welcher
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: weather is [ˈwɛðə] while welcher is [ˈvɛlçɐ]. 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 (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32168, 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]. welcher is at rank #805, tagged as apron, pronounced [ˈvɛlçɐ].
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 32168, this pair ranks #1,713,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of weather vs welcher
Shared letters: ehrw. Private to "weather": at. Private to "welcher": cl.
"weather" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "welcher" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "weather" and "welcher" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "weather" or "welcher"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "weather" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "welcher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,713,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "weather" and "welcher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "weather 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 #1,713,293 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.