Which to use
“wehrt” and “werd” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,777
- “wehrt” frequency rank
- #2,525
- “werd” frequency rank
- 13302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wehrt | werd |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs werden |
Same sound, different letters: wehrt vs werd
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - wehrt / werd
This is the hard kind. wehrt and werd are pronounced identically ([veːɐ̯t]) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wehrt is recorded at frequency rank #10,777, classified as averb, pronounced [veːɐ̯t]. werd is at rank #2,525, 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 13302, this pair ranks #1,958,843 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wehrt vs werd
Shared letters: erw. Private to "wehrt": ht. Private to "werd": d.
"wehrt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "werd" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "wehrt" for "werd" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "wehrt" or "werd" show up more?
Useful next steps
"wehrt" and "werd" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "wehrt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "werd" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,958,843 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wehrt" and "werd" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wehrt vs went". 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 #1,958,843 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.