wiegst
[viːkst]
The verdict
“wiegst” is uncommon German (frequency #77,550 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,550
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wiegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wiegst · wiegst · German
wiegst · rank #77,550 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,550
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH Wiede
Nearest frequency peer: Wiede (-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 “wiegst”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Widersprüch…
Widersprüchlichkeit
22,454 corpus weight
- widerstanden
widerstanden
22,453 corpus weight
- Wiede
Wiede
22,452 corpus weight
- wiegst
wiegst
22,451 corpus weight
- Wildau
Wildau
22,449 corpus weight
- Wildberg
Wildberg
22,448 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wiegst” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wiegst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [viːkst] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,550 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wiegst” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wiegst is uncommon German at frequency #77,550 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [viːkst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wiegen".
wiegst has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is wiegst, spelled W-I-E-G-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wiegen
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 "wiegst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.