weitervswettertWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: weiter is a adjective, wettert is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“weiter” is an adjective and “wettert” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#168
“weiter” frequency rank
#47,130
“wettert” frequency rank
47298
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature weiter wettert
Definition zum bereits Vorhandenen noch dazukommend, hinzugefügt 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wettern

Where the eye mixes weiter and wettert

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. weiter runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against wettert's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
weiter
7 ch
wettert

Look-alike desk: weiter vs wettert

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: weiter is [ˈvaɪ̯tɐ] while wettert is [ˈvɛtɐt]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

weiter is recorded at frequency rank #168, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvaɪ̯tɐ]. wettert is at rank #47,130, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈvɛtɐt].

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 47298, this pair ranks #1,289,268 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of weiter vs wettert

Shared letters: ertw. Private to "weiter": i. Private to "wettert": -.

"weiter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "wettert" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • weiter ← ewiter · weietr · weiterr · weitre · weitter · wetier · wieter · wweiter
  • wettert ← ewttert · wetert · wetetrt · wetterrt · wettertt · wettetr · wettret · wtetert

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "weiter" and "wettert" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "weiter" is an adjective and "wettert" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "weiter" or "wettert"?
"weiter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #168 in our German list, against #47,130 for "wettert". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "weiter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wettert" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,289,268 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "weiter" and "wettert" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "werter vs wettert". 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 #1,289,268 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