weicher

Name: weicher, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈvaɪ̯çɐ]

/[ˈvaɪ̯çɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“weicher” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,765
frequency rank, German: 2,930
“W” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs weich

Corpus desk

Index DE-weicher · weicher · German

weicher · rank #19,765 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,765
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 2,930
PHOTO-FINISH weggehen

Nearest frequency peer: weggehen (-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.

vorziehen

80,239
wachsender

80,238
weggehen

80,237
weicher

80,236
Weitergabe

80,234
Weltgeschic…

80,233

What this shows „weicher“ 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).

weicher vs Weihe

57% similar

weicher vs weiter

71% similar

weicher vs welche

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for weicher
Property	Value
Headword	weicher
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈvaɪ̯çɐ]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#19,765
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „weicher“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).weicherliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#19,765

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „weggehen“ (#19,764), „wachsender“ (#19,763), „Weitergabe“ (#19,767). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „weicher“ bei #19,765. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around weicher (IPA [ˈvaɪ̯çɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,765 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for weicher, with forms such as "ewicher", "weciher", and "weiccher". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Weihe", "weiter", "welche", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is weicher, spelled W-E-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs weich
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs weich
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs weich
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs weich
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs weich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ewicher
weciher
weiccher
weicehr
weicherr
weichher
weichre
weihcer
wiecher
wweicher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weicher - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "weicher"

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 "weicher"?

"weicher" is spelled W-E-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvaɪ̯çɐ].

What does "weicher" mean?

As an adjective, "weicher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs weich

What words are commonly confused with "weicher"?

"weicher" is commonly confused with "Weihe", "weiter", "welche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "weicher"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "weicher" is [ˈvaɪ̯çɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "weicher" come from?

"weicher" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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