widersetzen
[viːdɐˈzɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“widersetzen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #26,242 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #26,242
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einer Verhaltensaufforderung oder Regel nicht folgen, diese zurückweisen oder missachten
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 | widersetzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [viːdɐˈzɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #26,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “widersetzen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for widersetzen is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [viːdɐˈzɛt͡sn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,242 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "einer Verhaltensaufforderung oder Regel nicht folgen, diese zurückweisen oder missachten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for widersetzen, with forms such as "iwdersetzen", "wdiersetzen", and "widdersetzen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "widersetzt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is widersetzen, spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-E-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1einer Verhaltensaufforderung oder Regel nicht folgen, diese zurückweisen oder missachten
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iwdersetzen,wdiersetzen,widdersetzen,widerestzen,widerrsetzen,widersetezn,widersettzen,widersetzenn,widersetzne,widersetzzen,widersezten,widerssetzen,widerstezen,widesretzen,widresetzen,wiedrsetzen,wwidersetzen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of widersetzen - 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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Using “widersetzen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-I-D-E-R-S-E-T-Z-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [viːdɐˈzɛt͡sn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “widersetzt” - see the side-by-side comparison. widersetzen vs widersetzt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.