Which to use
“wehrte” is a verb and “werter” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,211
- “wehrte” frequency rank
- #39,725
- “werter” frequency rank
- 61936
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wehrte | werter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wehren | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wert |
Where the eye mixes wehrte and werter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. wehrte (CVCCCV) and werter (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: wehrte vs werter
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: wehrte is [ˈveːɐ̯tə] while werter is [ˈveːɐ̯tɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61936, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wehrte is recorded at frequency rank #22,211, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈveːɐ̯tə]. 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 61936, this pair ranks #731,245 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wehrte vs werter
Shared letters: ertw. Private to "wehrte": h. Private to "werter": -.
"wehrte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "werter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wehrte" and "werter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "wehrte" or "werter" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "wehrte" and "werter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "wehrte" 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 #731,245 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wehrte" 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 #731,245 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.