Warte
[ˈvaʁtə]
The verdict
“Warte” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,043. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,043
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wartturm in einem mittelalterlichen Befestigungs- und Sicherungssystem
Corpus desk
Index DE-warte · Warte · German
Warte · rank #2,043 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,043
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH steuern
Nearest frequency peer: steuern (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Warte”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schönes
schönes
97,961 corpus weight
- Simon
Simon
97,960 corpus weight
- steuern
steuern
97,959 corpus weight
- Warte
Warte
97,958 corpus weight
- wichtigen
wichtigen
97,957 corpus weight
- zwölf
zwölf
97,956 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Warte” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Warte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaʁtə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Warte” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Warte (IPA [ˈvaʁtə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,043 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Warte, with forms such as "awrte", "waret", and "warrte". 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, "Wat", "Wort", "Wert", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Warte, spelled W-A-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Wartturm in einem mittelalterlichen Befestigungs- und Sicherungssystem
- 2höher gelegene Stelle, von der aus die Umgebung überblickt werden kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Warte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Umgebung von Duderstadt sind zwei Warten erhalten.
„Ähnlich anderen Warten diente die Abbentalswarte dem Schutz des Handels und der Zollerhebung.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awrte
- waret
- warrte
- wartte
- watre
- wrate
- wwarte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Warte - 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 "Warte", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Warte" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Wat". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,043 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "W" letter cohort. W–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.