Which to use
“weight” is a noun and “weint” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,574
- “weight” frequency rank
- #8,809
- “weint” frequency rank
- 50383
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | weight | weint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Körper-)Gewicht | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs weinen |
Where the eye mixes weight and weint
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between weight and weint
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: weight is [weɪt] while weint is [vaɪ̯nt]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
weight is recorded at frequency rank #41,574, classified as anoun, pronounced [weɪt]. weint is at rank #8,809, tagged as averb, pronounced [vaɪ̯nt].
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 50383, this pair ranks #1,175,712 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of weight vs weint
Shared letters: eitw. Private to "weight": gh. Private to "weint": n.
"weight" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "weint" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "weight" for "weint" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "weight" or "weint" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "weight" and "weint" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "weight" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "weint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,175,712 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "weight" and "weint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "weight vs Wicht". 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 #1,175,712 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.