weitermachen
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌmaxn̩]
The verdict
“weitermachen” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,693. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,693
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fortfahren etwas zu tun
Corpus desk
Index DE-weitermachen · weitermachen · German
weitermachen · rank #7,693 · 18 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,693
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH weiblich
Nearest frequency peer: weiblich (-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 „weitermachen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Wat
Wat
92,311 corpus weight
- Weib
Weib
92,310 corpus weight
- weiblich
weiblich
92,309 corpus weight
- weitermachen
weitermachen
92,308 corpus weight
- wertvoll
wertvoll
92,307 corpus weight
- westlich
westlich
92,306 corpus weight
What this shows „weitermachen“ 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 | weitermachen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #7,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „weitermachen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around weitermachen (IPA [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌmaxn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,693 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "fortfahren etwas zu tun".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for weitermachen, with forms such as "ewitermachen", "weietrmachen", and "weitemrachen". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "weitermacht", "weiterzumachen", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is weitermachen, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1fortfahren etwas zu tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weitermachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sollen wir weitermachen, oder willst du eine Pause einlegen?
„Machen wir so weiter wie bisher [Anmerkung: mit dem Ausstoß an Treibhausgasen], könnte die Durchschnittstemperatur auf der Erde bis zum Ende des Jahrhunderts um 1,5 und im schlechtesten Fall um 7,8 Grad Celsius steigen.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewitermachen
- weietrmachen
- weitemrachen
- weiteramchen
- weitermacchen
- weitermacehn
- weitermachenn
- weitermachhen
- weitermachne
- weitermahcen
- weitermcahen
- weitermmachen
- weiterrmachen
- weitremachen
- weittermachen
- wetiermachen
- wietermachen
- wweitermachen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weitermachen - 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 "weitermachen", 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).