Wimper
[ˈvɪmpɐ]
The verdict
“Wimper” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,954
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines Haar an den Augenlidern
Corpus desk
Index DE-wimper · Wimper · German
Wimper · rank #42,954 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,954
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wiesel
Nearest frequency peer: Wiesel (-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 „Wimper“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- widersprüch…
widersprüchlichen
57,050 corpus weight
- wiedererkan…
wiedererkannt
57,049 corpus weight
- Wiesel
Wiesel
57,048 corpus weight
- Wimper
Wimper
57,047 corpus weight
- Winsen
Winsen
57,046 corpus weight
- wohltätige
wohltätige
57,044 corpus weight
What this shows „Wimper“ 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 | Wimper |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪmpɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wimper“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Wimper (IPA [ˈvɪmpɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,954 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wimper, with forms such as "iwmper", "wimepr", and "wimmper". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Winter", "Winzer", "winner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wimper, spelled W-I-M-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1kleines Haar an den Augenlidern
- 2bei einigen Protozoa bewegliche Fortsätze zur Fortbewegung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wimper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich glaube, ich hab eine Wimper im Auge.
„Mascara betont die Wimpern, indem es sie länger und voluminöser erscheinen lässt, die Wimpernzange zaubert einen verführerischen Schwung hinein, der Millionizer macht aus einer Wimper eine Million davon und künstliche Wimpern (Fake Lashes) erlauben Formen, wie sie trotz aller Hilfsmittel mit der natürlichen Ausstattung nicht zu erreichen sind.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwmper
- wimepr
- wimmper
- wimperr
- wimpper
- wimpre
- wipmer
- wmiper
- wwimper
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wimper - 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 "Wimper", 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).