widerspricht

/[ˌviːdɐˈʃpʁɪçt]/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,008

in German word usage

Misspellings

20

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

widerspricht is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs widersprechen Pronounced [ˌviːdɐˈʃpʁɪçt]. It ranks #8,008 in German word frequency. Often confused with Widerspruch and Widersprüche.

Key facts for widerspricht
PropertyValue
Headwordwiderspricht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌviːdɐˈʃpʁɪçt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#8,008
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of widerspricht in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for widerspricht is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌviːdɐˈʃpʁɪçt]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,008 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs widersprechen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 20 documented wrong-spelling variants for widerspricht, with forms such as "iwderspricht", "wdierspricht", and "widderspricht". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Widerspruch", "Widersprüche", "Widerspruchs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is widerspricht, spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-P-R-I-C-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs widersprechen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iwderspricht,wdierspricht,widderspricht,widerpsricht,widerrspricht,widerspircht,widersppricht,widersprciht,widerspriccht,widersprichht,widersprichtt,widerspricth,widersprihct,widersprricht,widersrpicht,widersspricht,widesrpricht,widrespricht,wiedrspricht,wwiderspricht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for widerspricht

Misspelling Variants of "widerspricht"

iwderspricht12wdierspricht12widderspricht13widerpsricht12widerrspricht13widerspircht12widersppricht13widersprciht12
Misspelling Variants of "widerspricht"

Frequency rank: #8,008 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "widerspricht"?
"widerspricht" is spelled W-I-D-E-R-S-P-R-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌviːdɐˈʃpʁɪçt].
What does "widerspricht" mean?
As a verb, "widerspricht" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs widersprechen
What words are commonly confused with "widerspricht"?
"widerspricht" is commonly confused with "Widerspruch", "Widersprüche", "Widerspruchs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "widerspricht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "widerspricht" is [ˌviːdɐˈʃpʁɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "widerspricht" come from?
"widerspricht" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.