widerfährt
[ˌvidɐˈfɛːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“widerfährt” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,857
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs widerfahren
Corpus desk
Index DE-widerfahrt · widerfährt · German
widerfährt · rank #47,857 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,857
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Werkstudent
Nearest frequency peer: Werkstudent (-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 „widerfährt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Weiterstadt
Weiterstadt
52,149 corpus weight
- Wenigkeit
Wenigkeit
52,146 corpus weight
- Werkstudent
Werkstudent
52,145 corpus weight
- widerfährt
widerfährt
52,144 corpus weight
- Widerstands…
Widerstandsfähigkeit
52,143 corpus weight
- Windkraftan…
Windkraftanlage
52,140 corpus weight
What this shows „widerfährt“ 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 | widerfährt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌvidɐˈfɛːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #47,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „widerfährt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around widerfährt (IPA [ˌvidɐˈfɛːɐ̯t]), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,857 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs widerfahren".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for widerfährt, with forms such as "iwderfährt", "wdierfährt", and "widderfährt". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "widerfahren", "weiterfahrt", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is widerfährt, spelled W-I-D-E-R-F-Ä-H-R-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs widerfahren
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwderfährt
- wdierfährt
- widderfährt
- widefrährt
- widerffährt
- widerfhärt
- widerfähhrt
- widerfährrt
- widerfährtt
- widerfähtr
- widerfärht
- widerrfährt
- wideräfhrt
- widrefährt
- wiedrfährt
- wwiderfährt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of widerfährt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "widerfährt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).