weiterschlafen
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌʃlaːfn̩]
The verdict
“weiterschlafen” is uncommon German (frequency #88,511 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,511
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (nach einer Unterbrechung) fortfahren zu schlafen
Corpus desk
Index DE-weiterschlafen · weiterschlafen · German
weiterschlafen · rank #88,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,511
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH Weltverschwör…
Nearest frequency peer: Weltverschwörung (+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 “weiterschlafen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wechselbalg
Wechselbalg
11,496 corpus weight
- wegbrechen
wegbrechen
11,495 corpus weight
- wegfliegen
wegfliegen
11,492 corpus weight
- weiterschla…
weiterschlafen
11,490 corpus weight
- Weltverschw…
Weltverschwörung
11,489 corpus weight
- Westufer
Westufer
11,486 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “weiterschlafen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weiterschlafen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌʃlaːfn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #88,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weiterschlafen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
weiterschlafen is uncommon German at frequency #88,511 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯tɐˌʃlaːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(nach einer Unterbrechung) fortfahren zu schlafen".
weiterschlafen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is weiterschlafen, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1(nach einer Unterbrechung) fortfahren zu schlafen
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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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weiterschlafen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 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.