wisst
[vɪst]
The verdict
“wisst” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,497
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wissen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wisst · wisst · German
wisst · rank #3,497 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,497
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Verteidigung
Nearest frequency peer: Verteidigung (-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 „wisst“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Verdacht
Verdacht
96,507 corpus weight
- verrückt
verrückt
96,506 corpus weight
- Verteidigung
Verteidigung
96,505 corpus weight
- wisst
wisst
96,504 corpus weight
- Ärger
Ärger
96,503 corpus weight
- überraschend
überraschend
96,502 corpus weight
What this shows „wisst“ 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 | wisst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [vɪst] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „wisst“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around wisst (IPA [vɪst]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,497 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for wisst, with forms such as "iwsst", "wisstt", and "wist". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wit", "wüst", "Wurst", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is wisst, spelled W-I-S-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wissen
- 22. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wissen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwsst
- wisstt
- wist
- wists
- wißt
- wsist
- wwisst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wisst - 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 "wisst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).