währt
[vɛːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“währt” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,876
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs währen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | währt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [vɛːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #30,876 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “währt” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around währt (IPA [vɛːɐ̯t]), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,876 among 38,697 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for währt, with forms such as "whärt", "wwährt", and "wähhrt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "war", "Wat", "Wort", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is währt, spelled W-Ä-H-R-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs währen
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs währen
- 32. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs währen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: whärt,wwährt,wähhrt,währrt,währtt,wähtr,wärht,äwhrt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of währt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “währt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-Ä-H-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [vɛːɐ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “war” - see the side-by-side comparison. währt vs war
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.