weiterbilden
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌbɪldn̩]
The verdict
“weiterbilden” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,689. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,689
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem zusätzliches Wissen vermitteln
Corpus desk
Index DE-weiterbilden · weiterbilden · German
weiterbilden · rank #45,689 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #45,689
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH weiterverkauft
Nearest frequency peer: weiterverkauft (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „weiterbilden“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- weggegangen
weggegangen
54,316 corpus weight
- wehte
wehte
54,315 corpus weight
- Weinprobe
Weinprobe
54,314 corpus weight
- weiterbilden
weiterbilden
54,312 corpus weight
- weiterverka…
weiterverkauft
54,311 corpus weight
- Weiz
Weiz
54,310 corpus weight
What this shows „weiterbilden“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weiterbilden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌbɪldn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #45,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „weiterbilden“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around weiterbilden (IPA [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌbɪldn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,689 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for weiterbilden, with forms such as "ewiterbilden", "weietrbilden", and "weitebrilden". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Weiterbildung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is weiterbilden, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-B-I-L-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem zusätzliches Wissen vermitteln
- 2sich zusätzliches Wissen aneignen (zum Beispiel durch Schulbesuch, Lehrgänge, Schulungen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weiterbilden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In dieser Einrichtung bilden wir Berufsschullehrer weiter.
In der Zeit seiner Arbeitslosigkeit hat er sich im Bereich Textverarbeitung weitergebildet.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewiterbilden
- weietrbilden
- weitebrilden
- weiterbbilden
- weiterbidlen
- weiterbildden
- weiterbildenn
- weiterbildne
- weiterbiledn
- weiterbillden
- weiterbliden
- weiteriblden
- weiterrbilden
- weitrebilden
- weitterbilden
- wetierbilden
- wieterbilden
- wweiterbilden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weiterbilden - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weiterbilden", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).