wertetvsWirteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#21,126
“wertet” frequency rank
#30,395
“Wirte” frequency rank
51521
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature wertet Wirte
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs werten Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Wirt

Where the eye mixes wertet and Wirte

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

6 ch
wertet
5 ch
Wirte

Visual trap between wertet and Wirte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: wertet is [ˈveːɐ̯tət] 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 51521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wertet is recorded at frequency rank #21,126, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈveːɐ̯tət]. 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 51521, this pair ranks #1,132,302 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of wertet vs Wirte

Shared letters: ertw. Private to "wertet": -. Private to "Wirte": i.

"wertet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Wirte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • wertetewrtet · werett · werrtet · wertett · werttet · wetret · wretet · wwertet
  • Wirteiwrte · wiret · wirrte · wirtte · witre · wwirte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "wertet" for "Wirte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "wertet" is a verb and "Wirte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "wertet" or "Wirte" show up more?
"wertet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,126 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "wertet" 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 #1,132,302 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "wertet" 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 #1,132,302 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