weavervswerterWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: weaver is a noun, werter is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“weaver” is a noun and “werter” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,848
“weaver” frequency rank
#39,725
“werter” frequency rank
87573
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature weaver werter
Definition Weber Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wert

Letter map: weaver vs werter

Shared letters muted; letters that set weaver and werter apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
weaver
6 ch
werter

Role in the sentence - weaver and werter

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: weaver is anoun and werteranadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

weaver is recorded at frequency rank #47,848, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. 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 87573, this pair ranks #78,660 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of weaver vs werter

Shared letters: erw. Private to "weaver": av. Private to "werter": t.

"weaver" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "werter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • weaverewaver · waever · weaevr · weaverr · weavre · weavver · wevaer · wweaver
  • werterewrter · weretr · werrter · werterr · wertre · wertter · wetrer · wreter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "weaver" and "werter" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "weaver" is a noun and "werter" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "weaver" or "werter" show up more?
"werter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,725 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.

After this comparison

Pair "weaver" vs "werter" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "weaver" 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 #78,660 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "weaver" and "werter" 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 #78,660 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