Which to use
“weather” is a noun and “werter” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,363
- “weather” frequency rank
- #39,725
- “werter” frequency rank
- 71088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | weather | werter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Wetter | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wert |
Where the eye mixes weather and werter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. weather runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against werter's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between weather and werter
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: weather is [ˈwɛðə] while werter is [ˈveːɐ̯tɐ]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71088, 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]. werter is at rank #39,725, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈveːɐ̯tɐ].
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 71088, this pair ranks #427,130 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of weather vs werter
Shared letters: ertw. Private to "weather": ah. Private to "werter": -.
"weather" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "werter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "weather" and "werter" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "weather" or "werter" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "weather" and "werter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "weather" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "werter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,130 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "weather" and "werter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "werter vs writer". 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 #427,130 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.