Wette
[ˈvɛtə]
The verdict
“Wette” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,847. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,847
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine zwischen zwei oder mehr Personen getroffene Verabredung, wonach bei Eintreten oder Nichteintreten eines Ereignisses oder bei Nachweis der Gültigkeit oder Nichtgültigkeit einer Behauptung ein v...
Corpus desk
Index DE-wette · Wette · German
Wette · rank #4,847 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,847
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH werten
Nearest frequency peer: werten (-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 „Wette“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- waschen
waschen
95,157 corpus weight
- welch
welch
95,156 corpus weight
- werten
werten
95,155 corpus weight
- Wette
Wette
95,154 corpus weight
- Wohnzimmer
Wohnzimmer
95,153 corpus weight
- Wuppertal
Wuppertal
95,152 corpus weight
What this shows „Wette“ 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 | Wette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛtə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wette“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Wette (IPA [ˈvɛtə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,847 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine zwischen zwei oder mehr Personen getroffene Verabredung, wonach bei Eintreten oder Nichteintreten eines Ereignisses oder bei Nachweis der Gültigkeit oder Nichtgültigkeit einer Behauptung ein v...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wette, with forms such as "ewtte", "wete", and "wetet". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Worte", "white", "Witze", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wette, spelled W-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1eine zwischen zwei oder mehr Personen getroffene Verabredung, wonach bei Eintreten oder Nichteintreten eines Ereignisses oder bei Nachweis der Gültigkeit oder Nichtgültigkeit einer Behauptung ein vereinbarter Einsatz zwischen den Personen wechselt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe mit ihr eine Wette mit einem Einsatz von 10.000 Euro abgeschlossen.
„Der Freund berichtete, dass es um eine Wette über 2000 DM ging und die Tollkühnheit, vor den Zug zu springen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewtte
- wete
- wetet
- wtete
- wwette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wette - 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 "Wette", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).