wart
[vaːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“wart” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,970
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Präteritum Indikativ des Verbs sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-wart · wart · German
wart · rank #8,970 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,970
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Walker
Nearest frequency peer: Walker (-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 „wart“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- vögeln
vögeln
91,034 corpus weight
- Wahlbeteili…
Wahlbeteiligung
91,033 corpus weight
- Walker
Walker
91,032 corpus weight
- wart
wart
91,031 corpus weight
- Werkzeuge
Werkzeuge
91,030 corpus weight
- widmet
widmet
91,029 corpus weight
What this shows „wart“ 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 | wart |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [vaːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „wart“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around wart (IPA [vaːɐ̯t]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,970 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Plural Präteritum Indikativ des Verbs sein".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for wart, with forms such as "awrt", "warrt", and "wartt". 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, "WR", "wir", "was", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is wart, spelled W-A-R-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Präteritum Indikativ des Verbs sein
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awrt
- warrt
- wartt
- watr
- wrat
- wwart
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wart - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "wart", 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).