warm

[vaʁm]

/[vaʁm]/ adj

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The verdict

“warm” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,569. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,569
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von hoher Temperatur (zwischen lau und heiß)

Corpus desk

Index DE-warm · warm · German

warm · rank #2,569 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,569
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH via

Nearest frequency peer: via (-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 „warm“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „warm“ 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).

warm vs WM
0% similar
warm vs WR
0% similar
warm vs wir
50% similar

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

Key facts for warm
PropertyValue
Headwordwarm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[vaʁm]
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,569
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „warm“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.warmliegt 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: „via“ (#2,568), „Webseite“ (#2,570), „verzichten“ (#2,567). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „warm“ bei #2,569. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around warm (IPA [vaʁm]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,569 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for warm, with forms such as "awrm", "wamr", and "warmm". 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, "WM", "WR", "wir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is warm, spelled W-A-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    von hoher Temperatur (zwischen lau und heiß)
  2. 2
    homosexuell
  3. 3
    einschließlich der monatlichen Abschlagszahlungen für alle Betriebskosten, also auch der Heizkosten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Sommer war recht warm.
  2. „Damit etwas wärmer wird, muss man Energie zuführen.“

Antonyms

kaltheißkalt

This word in other languages

warm(English)caliente(Español)chaud(Français)morno(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awrm
  • wamr
  • warmm
  • warrm
  • wram
  • wwarm

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of warm - 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.

awrm2wamr2warmm1warrm1wram2wwarm1
Edit distance from "warm"

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 "warm"?
"warm" is spelled W-A-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is [vaʁm].
What does "warm" mean?
As an adjective, "warm" means: von hoher Temperatur (zwischen lau und heiß)
What words are commonly confused with "warm"?
"warm" is commonly confused with "WM", "WR", "wir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "warm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "warm" is [vaʁm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "warm" come from?
"warm" 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 "warm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tipp#2,560this#2,559Mist#2,554Brot#2,585

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Krise6 variantsKern6 variantswerd6 variantsShop6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list