gewittert
[ɡəˈvɪtɐt]
The verdict
“gewittert” is uncommon German (frequency #73,547 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,547
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gewittern
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gewittert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɡəˈvɪtɐt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gewittert” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gewittert is uncommon German at frequency #73,547 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɡəˈvɪtɐt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gewittern".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gewittert, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is gewittert, spelled G-E-W-I-T-T-E-R-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gewittern
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-W-I-T-T-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈvɪtɐt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.