weder
[ˈveːdɐ]
The verdict
“weder” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #898
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Das Wort „weder“ verneint die ihm folgende Aussage und kündigt mindestens eine weitere Verneinung an.
Corpus desk
Index DE-weder · weder · German
weder · rank #898 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #898
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH unserem
Nearest frequency peer: unserem (-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 „weder“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Staat
Staat
99,106 corpus weight
- teilweise
teilweise
99,105 corpus weight
- unserem
unserem
99,104 corpus weight
- weder
weder
99,103 corpus weight
- acht
acht
99,102 corpus weight
- Bedeutung
Bedeutung
99,101 corpus weight
What this shows „weder“ 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 | weder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | [ˈveːdɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „weder“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around weder (IPA [ˈveːdɐ]), aconjunction. Corpus frequency is #898 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Das Wort „weder“ verneint die ihm folgende Aussage und kündigt mindestens eine weitere Verneinung an.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for weder, with forms such as "ewder", "wdeer", and "wedder". 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, "wer", "Wege", "Wehe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is weder, spelled W-E-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Das Wort „weder“ verneint die ihm folgende Aussage und kündigt mindestens eine weitere Verneinung an.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch hab’ ich weder Gut noch Geld, noch Ehr’ und Herrlichkeit der Welt.“ (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I)
„Daran hatten offensichtlich weder die Machthaber in Peking ein Interesse, die vollauf damit beschäftigt sind, den Führungswechsel und den Skandal um den gestürzten KP-Kader Bo Xilai zu bewältigen. Und auch den USA war nicht daran gelegen, dass ihre Botschaft in Peking zum Fluchtort für Dissidenten wird.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewder
- wdeer
- wedder
- wederr
- weedr
- wweder
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weder - 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 "weder", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).