wehret

[ˈveːʁət]

/[ˈveːʁət]/ verb

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The verdict

“wehret” is uncommon German (frequency #57,560 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,560
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren

Corpus desk

Index DE-wehret · wehret · German

wehret · rank #57,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,560
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wechseljahre

Nearest frequency peer: Wechseljahre (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „wehret“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wehret“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wehret
PropertyValue
Headwordwehret
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈveːʁət]
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,560
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wehret“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.wehretfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wechseljahre“ (#57,559), „Wehwehchen“ (#57,561), „WEA“ (#57,558). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wehret“ bei #57,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wehret is uncommon German at frequency #57,560 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈveːʁət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wehret, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is wehret, spelled W-E-H-R-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren

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

How do you spell "wehret"?
"wehret" is spelled W-E-H-R-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈveːʁət].
What does "wehret" mean?
As a verb, "wehret" means: 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren
How do you pronounce "wehret"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wehret" is [ˈveːʁət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wehret" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wehret", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

welsch#57,564widert#57,573Zwettl#57,607umgehe#57,488

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list