wedding
[ˈwɛdɪŋ]
The verdict
“wedding” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,992
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - förmliche Verbindung zweier Menschen zu einer andauernden Lebensgemeinschaft
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 | wedding |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈwɛdɪŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wedding” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around wedding (IPA [ˈwɛdɪŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,992 among 38,697 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "förmliche Verbindung zweier Menschen zu einer andauernden Lebensgemeinschaft".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for wedding, with forms such as "ewdding", "wdeding", and "weddign". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Wendung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wedding, spelled W-E-D-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1förmliche Verbindung zweier Menschen zu einer andauernden Lebensgemeinschaft
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ewdding,wdeding,weddign,weddingg,weddinng,weddnig,wedidng,weding,wwedding
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wedding - 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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Using “wedding”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-E-D-D-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈwɛdɪŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Wendung” - see the side-by-side comparison. wedding vs Wendung
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.