WimmervsWinterConfusable pair

Which to use

“Wimmer” and “Winter” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,792
“Wimmer” frequency rank
#1,249
“Winter” frequency rank
25041
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Wimmer Winter
Definition diejenige Person, die die Trauben liest und anschließend zu Wein verarbeitet Jahreszeit nach dem Herbst und vor dem Frühling, auf der nördlichen Halbkugel Zeit von Dezember bis März

Where the eye mixes Wimmer and Winter

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

6 ch
Wimmer
6 ch
Winter

Look-alike desk: Wimmer vs Winter

A purely visual mix-up. Wimmer ([ˈvɪmɐ]) and Winter ([ˈvɪntɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Wimmer is recorded at frequency rank #23,792, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɪmɐ]. Winter is at rank #1,249, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɪntɐ].

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 25041, this pair ranks #1,839,012 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Wimmer vs Winter

Shared letters: eirw. Private to "Wimmer": m. Private to "Winter": nt.

"Wimmer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Winter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Wimmeriwmmer · wimemr · wimer · wimmerr · wimmre · wmimer · wwimmer
  • Winteriwnter · winetr · winnter · winterr · wintre · wintter · witner · wniter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Wimmer" and "Winter" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈvɪmɐ] versus [ˈvɪntɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Wimmer" vs "Winter" - which ranks higher?
"Winter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,249 in our German list, against #23,792 for "Wimmer". 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 "Wimmer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Winter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,839,012 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Wimmer" and "Winter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Wimmer vs Wimper". 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 #1,839,012 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