weitern
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐn]
The verdict
“weitern” is uncommon German (frequency #77,538 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,538
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - größer (weiter) machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-weitern · weitern · German
weitern · rank #77,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,538
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH Weissach
Nearest frequency peer: Weissach (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “weitern”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Weinreben
Weinreben
22,466 corpus weight
- Weisheitszä…
Weisheitszähne
22,465 corpus weight
- Weissach
Weissach
22,464 corpus weight
- weitern
weitern
22,463 corpus weight
- Weltmeisters
Weltmeisters
22,462 corpus weight
- Weltraums
Weltraums
22,461 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “weitern” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weitern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weitern” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
weitern is uncommon German at frequency #77,538 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯tɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "größer (weiter) machen".
Zero misspellings are on record for weitern in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is weitern, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1größer (weiter) machen
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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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.