weiltevsWirteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: weilte is a verb, Wirte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“weilte” is a verb and “Wirte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,422
“weilte” frequency rank
#30,395
“Wirte” frequency rank
59817
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature weilte Wirte
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs weilen Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Wirt

Where the eye mixes weilte and Wirte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
weilte
5 ch
Wirte

Visual trap between weilte and Wirte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: weilte is [ˈvaɪ̯ltə] while Wirte is [ˈvɪʁtə]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

weilte is recorded at frequency rank #29,422, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈvaɪ̯ltə]. Wirte is at rank #30,395, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɪʁtə].

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 59817, this pair ranks #810,209 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of weilte vs Wirte

Shared letters: eitw. Private to "weilte": l. Private to "Wirte": r.

"weilte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "Wirte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • weilteewilte · weilet · weillte · weiltte · weitle · welite · wielte · wweilte
  • Wirteiwrte · wiret · wirrte · wirtte · witre · wwirte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "weilte" for "Wirte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "weilte" is a verb and "Wirte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "weilte" or "Wirte" show up more?
"weilte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,422 in our German list, against #30,395 for "Wirte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "weilte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Wirte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #810,209 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "weilte" and "Wirte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "waste vs Wirte". 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 #810,209 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