währt

[vɛːɐ̯t]

/[vɛːɐ̯t]/ verb

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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
2,930
“W” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs währen

Corpus desk

Index DE-wahrt · währt · German

währt · rank #30,876 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,876
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Währungsunion

Nearest frequency peer: Währungsunion (+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 „währt“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „währt“ 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).

währt vs war
40% similar
währt vs Wat
20% similar
währt vs Wort
40% similar

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

Key facts for währt
PropertyValue
Headwordwährt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[vɛːɐ̯t]
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,876
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „währt“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).währtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Währungsunion“ (#30,877), „wissentlich“ (#30,874), „Willem“ (#30,873). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „währt“ bei #30,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around währt (IPA [vɛːɐ̯t]), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,876 among 2,930 “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

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs währen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs währen
  3. 3
    2. 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.

whärt2wwährt1wähhrt1währrt1währtt1wähtr2wärht2äwhrt2
Edit distance from "währt"

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 "währt"?
"währt" is spelled W-Ä-H-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [vɛːɐ̯t].
What does "währt" mean?
As a verb, "währt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs währen
What words are commonly confused with "währt"?
"währt" is commonly confused with "war", "Wat", "Wort". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "währt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "währt" is [vɛːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "währt" come from?
"währt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Anden#30,910title#30,811takes#30,805Bügel#30,977

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Agatha8 variantsAromen8 variantsunions8 variantsstilles8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list