Website

/[ˈvɛpˌsaɪ̯t]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,216

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Website is aGermannoun. It means: Gesamtheit aller unter einer Domain stehenden Webseiten Pronounced [ˈvɛpˌsaɪ̯t]. It ranks #1,216 in German word frequency. Often confused with Weite and Weste.

Key facts for Website
PropertyValue
HeadwordWebsite
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɛpˌsaɪ̯t]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,216
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Website in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Website is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɛpˌsaɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,216 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gesamtheit aller unter einer Domain stehenden Webseiten".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Website, with forms such as "ewbsite", "wbesite", and "webbsite". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Weite", "Weste", "Websites", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Website, spelled W-E-B-S-I-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit aller unter einer Domain stehenden Webseiten

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ewbsite,wbesite,webbsite,webiste,websiet,websitte,webssite,webstie,wesbite,wwebsite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Website

Misspelling Variants of "Website"

ewbsite7wbesite7webbsite8webiste7websiet7websitte8webssite8webstie7
Misspelling Variants of "Website"

Frequency rank: #1,216 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Website"?
"Website" is spelled W-E-B-S-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛpˌsaɪ̯t].
What does "Website" mean?
As a noun, "Website" means: Gesamtheit aller unter einer Domain stehenden Webseiten
What words are commonly confused with "Website"?
"Website" is commonly confused with "Weite", "Weste", "Websites". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Website"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Website" is [ˈvɛpˌsaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Website" come from?
"Website" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.