Which to use
“welke” is an adjective and “Wette” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,128
- “welke” frequency rank
- #4,847
- “Wette” frequency rank
- 51975
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | welke | Wette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs welk | eine zwischen zwei oder mehr Personen getroffene Verabredung, wonach bei Eintreten oder Nichteintreten eines Ereignisses oder bei Nachweis der Gültigkeit oder Nichtgültigkeit einer Behauptung ein vereinbarter Einsatz zwischen den Personen wechselt |
Where the eye mixes welke and Wette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. welke and Wette follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between welke and Wette
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: welke is [ˈvɛlkə] while Wette is [ˈvɛtə]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
welke is recorded at frequency rank #47,128, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvɛlkə]. Wette is at rank #4,847, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɛtə].
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 51975, this pair ranks #1,114,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of welke vs Wette
Shared letters: ew. Private to "welke": kl. Private to "Wette": t.
"welke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Wette" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "welke" for "Wette" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "welke" or "Wette" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "welke" and "Wette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "welke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Wette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,114,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "welke" and "Wette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wehte vs welke". 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 #1,114,749 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.