ward
[vaʁt]
The verdict
“ward” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,808. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,808
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv von werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-ward · ward · German
ward · rank #8,808 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,808
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wanderung
Nearest frequency peer: Wanderung (-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 „ward“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- verdammte
verdammte
91,196 corpus weight
- vertreiben
vertreiben
91,195 corpus weight
- Wanderung
Wanderung
91,194 corpus weight
- ward
ward
91,193 corpus weight
- weint
weint
91,192 corpus weight
- weitergeht
weitergeht
91,191 corpus weight
What this shows „ward“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | ward |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [vaʁt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ward“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around ward (IPA [vaʁt]), anunknown. Corpus frequency is #8,808 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ward, with forms such as "awrd", "wadr", and "wardd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "WR", "wir", "was", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ward, spelled W-A-R-D.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv von werden
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv von werden
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awrd
- wadr
- wardd
- warrd
- wrad
- wward
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ward - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ward", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).