Western
[ˈvɛstɐn]
The verdict
“Western” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,594. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,594
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Filmgenre, dessen Handlung sich im Wilden Westen abspielt
Corpus desk
Index DE-western · Western · German
Western · rank #10,594 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,594
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Werft
Nearest frequency peer: Werft (-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 “Western”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Visier
Visier
89,410 corpus weight
- Vorrunde
Vorrunde
89,409 corpus weight
- Werft
Werft
89,408 corpus weight
- Western
Western
89,407 corpus weight
- Wolke
Wolke
89,406 corpus weight
- yes
yes
89,405 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Western” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Western |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛstɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Western” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Western (IPA [ˈvɛstɐn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,594 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Filmgenre, dessen Handlung sich im Wilden Westen abspielt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Western, with forms such as "ewstern", "wesetrn", and "wesstern". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Wetter", "wetten", "Wüsten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Western, spelled W-E-S-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Filmgenre, dessen Handlung sich im Wilden Westen abspielt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Western appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heute Abend kommt ein guter Western im Fernsehen.
„1903 kam mit "Der große Eisenbahnraub" der erste Western ins Kino, zu einer Zeit also, als es den wilden Westen fast noch tatsächlich gab.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewstern
- wesetrn
- wesstern
- westenr
- westernn
- westerrn
- westren
- westtern
- wetsern
- wsetern
- wwestern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Western - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Western", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Western". Here's where to go from here.
- "Western" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Wetter". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,594 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "W" letter cohort. W–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.