wehre

/[ˈveːʁə]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,548

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

wehre is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren Pronounced [ˈveːʁə]. Often confused with wer and Wert.

Key facts for wehre
PropertyValue
Headwordwehre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈveːʁə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,548
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for wehre is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈveːʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,548 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for wehre, with forms such as "ewhre", "weher", and "wehhre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wer", "Wert", "Werk", 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 wehre, spelled W-E-H-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ewhre,weher,wehhre,wehrre,werhe,wwehre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for wehre

Misspelling Variants of "wehre"

ewhre5weher5wehhre6wehrre6werhe5wwehre6
Misspelling Variants of "wehre"

Frequency rank: #35,548 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wehre"?
"wehre" is spelled W-E-H-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈveːʁə].
What does "wehre" mean?
As a verb, "wehre" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren
What words are commonly confused with "wehre"?
"wehre" is commonly confused with "wer", "Wert", "Werk". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wehre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wehre" is [ˈveːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wehre" come from?
"wehre" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter W in our German index:

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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.