Wehe
[ˈveːə]
The verdict
“Wehe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,122
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seelischer Schmerz
Corpus desk
Index DE-wehe · Wehe · German
Wehe · rank #9,122 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,122
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wahres
Nearest frequency peer: wahres (-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 “Wehe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vorzeitig
vorzeitig
90,882 corpus weight
- Wahlrecht
Wahlrecht
90,881 corpus weight
- wahres
wahres
90,880 corpus weight
- Wehe
Wehe
90,879 corpus weight
- wiegt
wiegt
90,878 corpus weight
- Wladimir
Wladimir
90,877 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wehe” 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 | Wehe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈveːə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Wehe” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Wehe (IPA [ˈveːə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,122 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wehe, with forms such as "ewhe", "weeh", and "wehhe". 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, "wie", "wer", "wen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Wehe, spelled W-E-H-E.
Definition
- 1seelischer Schmerz
- 2körperlicher Schmerz
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewhe
- weeh
- wehhe
- whee
- wwehe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wehe - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wehe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Wehe". Here's where to go from here.
- "Wehe" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "wie". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,122 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.