WettersvswettertWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#24,200
“Wetters” frequency rank
#47,130
“wettert” frequency rank
71330
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Wetters wettert
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Wetter 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wettern

Where the eye mixes Wetters and wettert

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Wetters and wettert follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
Wetters
7 ch
wettert

Visual trap between Wetters and wettert

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Wetters is [ˈvɛtɐs] while wettert is [ˈvɛtɐt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “Wetters” becomes t in “wettert”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Wetters is recorded at frequency rank #24,200, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɛtɐs]. 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 71330, this pair ranks #419,981 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Wetters vs wettert

Shared letters: ertw. Private to "Wetters": s. Private to "wettert": -.

"Wetters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "wettert" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Wetters ← ewtters · weters · wetetrs · wetterrs · wetterss · wettesr · wettres · wteters
  • wettert ← ewttert · wetert · wetetrt · wetterrt · wettertt · wettetr · wettret · wtetert

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Wetters" and "wettert" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Wetters" is a noun and "wettert" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Wetters" vs "wettert" - which ranks higher?
"Wetters" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,200 in our German list, against #47,130 for "wettert". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Wetters" 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 #419,981 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Wetters" 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 #419,981 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