Tweet

[tviːt]

/[tviːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Tweet” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,538
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nachricht beim sozialen Netzwerk „X“ (ehemals Twitter)

Corpus desk

Index DE-tweet · Tweet · German

Tweet · rank #7,538 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,538
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH talk

Nearest frequency peer: talk (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Tweet“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Tweet“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Tweet vs twist
40% similar
Tweet vs tweets
67% similar
Tweet vs twenty
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Tweet
PropertyValue
HeadwordTweet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tviːt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,538
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Tweet“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Tweetliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „talk“ (#7,537), „Uhrzeit“ (#7,539), „systematisch“ (#7,536). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tweet“ bei #7,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Tweet (IPA [tviːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,538 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nachricht beim sozialen Netzwerk „X“ (ehemals Twitter)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tweet, with forms such as "tewet", "ttweet", and "tweett". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "twist", "tweets", "twenty", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tweet, spelled T-W-E-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nachricht beim sozialen Netzwerk „X“ (ehemals Twitter)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Tweet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Das Finale der Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2012 wurde von 15 358 Tweets pro Sekunde begleitet.“
  2. „Oft schickt er, noch im Bademantel, am frühen Morgen die ersten wütenden Tweets aus dem Weißen Haus wie ein zorniger Gott, der seine Donnerkeile auf die Erde hinabschleudert.“

This word in other languages

tweet(English)tuit(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tewet
  • ttweet
  • tweett
  • twet
  • twete
  • twweet
  • wteet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tweet - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

tewet2ttweet1tweett1twet1twete2twweet1wteet2
Edit distance from "Tweet"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tweet"?
"Tweet" is spelled T-W-E-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [tviːt].
What does "Tweet" mean?
As a noun, "Tweet" means: Nachricht beim sozialen Netzwerk „X“ (ehemals Twitter)
What words are commonly confused with "Tweet"?
"Tweet" is commonly confused with "twist", "tweets", "twenty". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tweet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tweet" is [tviːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tweet" come from?
"Tweet" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tweet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

space#7,530Zeile#7,551Sankt#7,524reale#7,521

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Diener7 variantsElend7 variantsGebet7 variantsErwin7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list