wittern
[ˈvɪtɐn]
The verdict
“wittern” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,529. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,529
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden riechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wittern · wittern · German
wittern · rank #38,529 · 9 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,529
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wirtschaftsla…
Nearest frequency peer: Wirtschaftslage (-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 „wittern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- wirbeln
wirbeln
61,475 corpus weight
- wirkst
wirkst
61,474 corpus weight
- Wirtschafts…
Wirtschaftslage
61,473 corpus weight
- wittern
wittern
61,472 corpus weight
- Witwer
Witwer
61,471 corpus weight
- write
write
61,470 corpus weight
What this shows „wittern“ 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 | wittern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɪtɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,529 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „wittern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around wittern (IPA [ˈvɪtɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,529 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for wittern, with forms such as "iwttern", "witern", and "witetrn". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Witwen", "Witzen", "Witwer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wittern, spelled W-I-T-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden riechen
- 2versuchen, etwas durch Riechen aufzuspüren, einen Geruch zu erkennen
- 3etwas erahnen, vermuten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wittern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um zu vermeiden, dass die Gazelle die Löwen wittert, bevor sie nahe genug für einen Angriff sind, pirschen sich die Raubkatzen gegen den Wind an ihr Opfer an.
„Das Reh witterte, und dann verschwand es in himmelhohen Sprüngen und wurde verschluckt vom Moos.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwttern
- witern
- witetrn
- wittenr
- witternn
- witterrn
- wittren
- wtitern
- wwittern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wittern - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wittern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).