Weitergabe
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌɡaːbə]
The verdict
“Weitergabe” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,767. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,767
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorgang, dass etwas von einem Beteiligten zu einem anderen gegeben wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-weitergabe · Weitergabe · German
Weitergabe · rank #19,767 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,767
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Weltgeschichte
Nearest frequency peer: Weltgeschichte (+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 „Weitergabe“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- weggehen
weggehen
80,237 corpus weight
- weicher
weicher
80,236 corpus weight
- Weitergabe
Weitergabe
80,234 corpus weight
- Weltgeschic…
Weltgeschichte
80,233 corpus weight
- Weltmeister…
Weltmeisterschaften
80,232 corpus weight
- wiederkommen
wiederkommen
80,231 corpus weight
What this shows „Weitergabe“ 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 | Weitergabe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌɡaːbə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #19,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Weitergabe“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Weitergabe (IPA [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌɡaːbə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,767 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Vorgang, dass etwas von einem Beteiligten zu einem anderen gegeben wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Weitergabe, with forms such as "ewitergabe", "weietrgabe", and "weitegrabe". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "weitergeben", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Weitergabe, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-G-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1Vorgang, dass etwas von einem Beteiligten zu einem anderen gegeben wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Weitergabe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ähnliche Modelle der transgenerationalen Weitergabe erkannten Psychologen später bei den Kindern der Vietnam-Krieg-Veteranen und den Kindern von Kriegsflüchtlingen, zum Beispiel aus dem Kosovo.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewitergabe
- weietrgabe
- weitegrabe
- weiteragbe
- weitergabbe
- weitergaeb
- weitergbae
- weiterggabe
- weiterrgabe
- weitregabe
- weittergabe
- wetiergabe
- wietergabe
- wweitergabe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Weitergabe - 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 "Weitergabe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).