WeinsvsweintConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#48,627
“Weins” frequency rank
#8,809
“weint” frequency rank
57436
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Weins weint
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Wein 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs weinen

Where the eye mixes Weins and weint

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

5 ch
Weins
5 ch
weint

Look-alike desk: Weins vs weint

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Weins is [vaɪ̯ns] while weint is [vaɪ̯nt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “Weins” becomes t in “weint”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Weins is recorded at frequency rank #48,627, classified as anoun, pronounced [vaɪ̯ns]. 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 57436, this pair ranks #901,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Weins vs weint

Shared letters: einw. Private to "Weins": s. Private to "weint": t.

"Weins" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "weint" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Weinsewins · weinns · weinss · wenis · wweins
  • weintewint · weinnt · weintt · weitn · wenit · wient · wweint

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Weins" for "weint" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Weins" is a noun and "weint" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Weins" or "weint" show up more?
"weint" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,809 in our German list, against #48,627 for "Weins". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Weins" and "weint" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Weins" 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 #901,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Weins" and "weint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Weins 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 #901,428 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