weich
[vaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“weich” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,487
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - ohne großen Kraftaufwand plastisch verformbar
Corpus desk
Index DE-weich · weich · German
weich · rank #6,487 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,487
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH westliche
Nearest frequency peer: westliche (+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 “weich”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vernichtet
vernichtet
93,517 corpus weight
- verschieben
verschieben
93,516 corpus weight
- weich
weich
93,514 corpus weight
- westliche
westliche
93,513 corpus weight
- Zaun
Zaun
93,512 corpus weight
- Zeitalter
Zeitalter
93,511 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “weich” 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 | weich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [vaɪ̯ç] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weich” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around weich (IPA [vaɪ̯ç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,487 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for weich, with forms such as "ewich", "wecih", and "weicch". 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, "weil", "weit", "Wein", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 weich, spelled W-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1ohne großen Kraftaufwand plastisch verformbar
- 2sensibel, empfindsam, zart
- 3mild
- 4mit geringem Gehalt an gelöstem Kalk
- 5nur psychisch abhängig machend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Fensterkitt wird geknetet, bis er weich ist und sich gut verarbeiten lässt.
„Viele Fahrradhandschuhe haben an der Innenseite der Daumen ein weiches oder frottiertes Material.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewich
- wecih
- weicch
- weichh
- weihc
- wiech
- wweich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weich - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weich", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).
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.