widmen
[ˈvɪtmən]
The verdict
“widmen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,134
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - als Autor, Künstler oder Ähnliches ein eigenes Werk für jemand anderen bestimmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-widmen · widmen · German
widmen · rank #7,134 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,134
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH Weiterentwick…
Nearest frequency peer: Weiterentwicklung (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “widmen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wandte
wandte
92,870 corpus weight
- way
way
92,869 corpus weight
- Weiterentwi…
Weiterentwicklung
92,868 corpus weight
- widmen
widmen
92,867 corpus weight
- Wunden
Wunden
92,866 corpus weight
- Zimmermann
Zimmermann
92,865 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “widmen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | widmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɪtmən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “widmen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around widmen (IPA [ˈvɪtmən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,134 among 38,697 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for widmen, with forms such as "iwdmen", "wdimen", and "widdmen". 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, "Wien", "women", "wissen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is widmen, spelled W-I-D-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1als Autor, Künstler oder Ähnliches ein eigenes Werk für jemand anderen bestimmen
- 2hingeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how widmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er widmete sein neues Buch seiner Frau.
Der Anbau ist dem Gedenken an die Opfer der Feuersbrunst 1878 gewidmet.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwdmen
- wdimen
- widdmen
- widemn
- widmenn
- widmmen
- widmne
- wimden
- wwidmen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of widmen - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "widmen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.