white

[waɪt]

/[waɪt]/ adj

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The verdict

“white” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,316
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiß

Corpus desk

Index DE-white · white · German

white · rank #4,316 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,316
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Welle

Nearest frequency peer: Welle (-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 „white“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „white“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

white vs wie
60% similar
white vs wit
60% similar
white vs Witz
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for white
PropertyValue
Headwordwhite
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[waɪt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,316
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „white“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).whiteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Welle“ (#4,315), „William“ (#4,317), „Vorsitzende“ (#4,314). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „white“ bei #4,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around white (IPA [waɪt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,316 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "weiß".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for white, with forms such as "hwite", "whhite", and "whiet". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wie", "wit", "Witz", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is white, spelled W-H-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiß

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how white appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. She was as white as snow.

Antonyms

black

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hwite
  • whhite
  • whiet
  • whitte
  • whtie
  • wihte
  • wwhite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of white - 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.

hwite2whhite1whiet2whitte1whtie2wihte2wwhite1
Edit distance from "white"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "white"?
"white" is spelled W-H-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [waɪt].
What does "white" mean?
As an adjective, "white" means: weiß
What words are commonly confused with "white"?
"white" is commonly confused with "wie", "wit", "Witz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "white"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "white" is [waɪt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "white" come from?
"white" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "white", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Welle#4,315Wärme#4,318bleib#4,333Obama#4,295

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

hohem7 variantsbonus7 variantsbillig7 variantsworan7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list