weitergehen
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“weitergehen” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,748. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,748
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich nach einem Stillstand wieder zu Fuß in Bewegung versetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-weitergehen · weitergehen · German
weitergehen · rank #6,748 · 16 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,748
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wa
Nearest frequency peer: wa (-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 „weitergehen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Vorgang
Vorgang
93,256 corpus weight
- Vormittag
Vormittag
93,255 corpus weight
- wa
wa
93,254 corpus weight
- weitergehen
weitergehen
93,253 corpus weight
- wendet
wendet
93,252 corpus weight
- zieh
zieh
93,251 corpus weight
What this shows „weitergehen“ 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 | weitergehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #6,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „weitergehen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around weitergehen (IPA [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌɡeːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,748 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for weitergehen, with forms such as "ewitergehen", "weietrgehen", and "weitegrehen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "weitergeht", "weiterleben", "weiterlesen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is weitergehen, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich nach einem Stillstand wieder zu Fuß in Bewegung versetzen
- 2sich entwickeln, seinen Lauf nehmen
- 3die nächsthöhere Instanz anrufen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weitergehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bitte gehen Sie weiter, hier gibt es nichts zu schauen.
Wie soll das bloß alles weitergehen?
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewitergehen
- weietrgehen
- weitegrehen
- weitereghen
- weitergeehn
- weitergehenn
- weitergehhen
- weitergehne
- weiterggehen
- weitergheen
- weiterrgehen
- weitregehen
- weittergehen
- wetiergehen
- wietergehen
- wweitergehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weitergehen - 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 "weitergehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).