warum
[vaˈʁʊm]
The verdict
“warum” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #166. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #166
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - leitet einen Nebensatz (des Grundes) ein, der die Folge aus der Aussage des Hauptsatzes angibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-warum · warum · German
warum · rank #166 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #166
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH hast
Nearest frequency peer: hast (-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 “warum”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sollte
sollte
99,838 corpus weight
- andere
andere
99,837 corpus weight
- hast
hast
99,836 corpus weight
- warum
warum
99,835 corpus weight
- weiter
weiter
99,833 corpus weight
- wirklich
wirklich
99,832 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “warum” 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 | warum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [vaˈʁʊm] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “warum” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around warum (IPA [vaˈʁʊm]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #166 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 warum, with forms such as "awrum", "warmu", and "warrum". 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, "wau", "Wurm", "worum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is warum, spelled W-A-R-U-M.
Definition
- 1leitet einen Nebensatz (des Grundes) ein, der die Folge aus der Aussage des Hauptsatzes angibt
- 2leitet eine direkte und indirekte Frage nach dem Grund ein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how warum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wusste nicht, warum sie ihn schlug.
Warum sollte ich aufhören, wenn ich mich in guter Verfassung befinde?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awrum
- warmu
- warrum
- warumm
- waurm
- wraum
- wwarum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of warum - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "warum", 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).
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.