waren
[ˈvaːʁən]
The verdict
“waren” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #115. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #115
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Präteritum Indikativ Aktiv des Verbs sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-waren · waren · German
waren · rank #115 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #115
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH etwas
Nearest frequency peer: etwas (-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 „waren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- weil
weil
99,889 corpus weight
- beim
beim
99,888 corpus weight
- etwas
etwas
99,887 corpus weight
- waren
waren
99,886 corpus weight
- zwei
zwei
99,885 corpus weight
- mein
mein
99,884 corpus weight
What this shows „waren“ 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 | waren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaːʁən] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „waren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around waren (IPA [ˈvaːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #115 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for waren, with forms such as "awren", "waern", and "warenn". 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, "wen", "Wien", "warm", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is waren, spelled W-A-R-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Präteritum Indikativ Aktiv des Verbs sein
- 23. Person Plural Präteritum Indikativ Aktiv des Verbs sein
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awren
- waern
- warenn
- wraen
- wwaren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of waren - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "waren", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).