weiterfahren
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“weiterfahren” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,395. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,395
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Fahrt fortsetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-weiterfahren · weiterfahren · German
weiterfahren · rank #25,395 · 18 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,395
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH vorherrschende
Nearest frequency peer: vorherrschende (-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 „weiterfahren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- vong
vong
74,609 corpus weight
- Vorgängen
Vorgängen
74,608 corpus weight
- vorherrsche…
vorherrschende
74,607 corpus weight
- weiterfahren
weiterfahren
74,606 corpus weight
- weiterleben
weiterleben
74,605 corpus weight
- weiterlesen
weiterlesen
74,604 corpus weight
What this shows „weiterfahren“ 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 | weiterfahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #25,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „weiterfahren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around weiterfahren (IPA [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌfaːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,395 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Fahrt fortsetzen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for weiterfahren, with forms such as "ewiterfahren", "weietrfahren", and "weitefrahren". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "widerfahren", "weiterfahrt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is weiterfahren, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Fahrt fortsetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weiterfahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich fahre noch zwei Stationen weiter.
Der Polizist gab mir das Zeichen, dass ich weiterfahren darf.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewiterfahren
- weietrfahren
- weitefrahren
- weiterafhren
- weiterfahern
- weiterfahhren
- weiterfahrenn
- weiterfahrne
- weiterfahrren
- weiterfarhen
- weiterffahren
- weiterfharen
- weiterrfahren
- weitrefahren
- weitterfahren
- wetierfahren
- wieterfahren
- wweiterfahren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weiterfahren - 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 "weiterfahren", 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).