weiterevswettertWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#304
“weitere” frequency rank
#47,130
“wettert” frequency rank
47434
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature weitere wettert
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum Komparativ der starken Flexion des Adjektivs weit 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wettern

Where the eye mixes weitere and wettert

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. weitere (CVVCVCV) and wettert (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
weitere
7 ch
wettert

Visual trap between weitere and wettert

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: weitere is [ˈvaɪ̯təʁə] while wettert is [ˈvɛtɐt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

weitere is recorded at frequency rank #304, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvaɪ̯təʁə]. 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 47434, this pair ranks #1,284,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of weitere vs wettert

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

"weitere" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "wettert" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • weitere ← ewitere · weietre · weiteer · weiterre · weitree · weittere · wetiere · wietere
  • wettert ← ewttert · wetert · wetetrt · wetterrt · wettertt · wettetr · wettret · wtetert

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "weitere" and "wettert" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "weitere" is an adjective and "wettert" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "weitere" vs "wettert" - which ranks higher?
"weitere" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #304 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "weitere" 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 #1,284,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "weitere" 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 #1,284,338 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