Which to use
“weicht” is a verb and “which” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,994
- “weicht” frequency rank
- #12,204
- “which” frequency rank
- 27198
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | weicht | which |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs weichen | welche? |
Letter map: weicht vs which
Shared letters muted; letters that set weicht and which apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - weicht and which
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: weicht is averb and whichapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
weicht is recorded at frequency rank #14,994, classified as averb, pronounced [vaɪ̯çt]. which is at rank #12,204, tagged as apron, pronounced […].
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 27198, this pair ranks #1,805,694 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of weicht vs which
Shared letters: chiw. Private to "weicht": et. Private to "which": -.
"weicht" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "which" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "weicht" and "which" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "weicht" or "which" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "weicht" vs "which" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "weicht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "which" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,805,694 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "weicht" and "which" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs which". 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 #1,805,694 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.