weiterfahrt
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌfaːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“weiterfahrt” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,389. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,389
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs weiterfahren
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 | weiterfahrt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌfaːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #30,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weiterfahrt” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around weiterfahrt (IPA [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌfaːɐ̯t]), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,389 among 38,697 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs weiterfahren".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for weiterfahrt, with forms such as "ewiterfahrt", "weietrfahrt", and "weitefrahrt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "widerfährt", "weiterfahren", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 weiterfahrt, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-F-A-H-R-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs weiterfahren
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ewiterfahrt,weietrfahrt,weitefrahrt,weiterafhrt,weiterfahhrt,weiterfahrrt,weiterfahrtt,weiterfahtr,weiterfarht,weiterffahrt,weiterfhart,weiterrfahrt,weitrefahrt,weitterfahrt,wetierfahrt,wieterfahrt,wweiterfahrt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weiterfahrt - 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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Using “weiterfahrt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-E-I-T-E-R-F-A-H-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌfaːɐ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “widerfährt” - see the side-by-side comparison. weiterfahrt vs widerfährt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.