Witterung
[ˈvɪtəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Witterung” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,720. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,720
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wetterablauf über einen bestimmten Zeitraum hinweg in einem begrenzten Gebiet
Corpus desk
Index DE-witterung · Witterung · German
Witterung · rank #14,720 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #14,720
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wirbelsäule
Nearest frequency peer: Wirbelsäule (-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 „Witterung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- winzigen
winzigen
85,283 corpus weight
- Wirbelsäule
Wirbelsäule
85,282 corpus weight
- Witterung
Witterung
85,281 corpus weight
- Wortschatz
Wortschatz
85,280 corpus weight
- wunderschön…
wunderschönes
85,279 corpus weight
- Zentralbank
Zentralbank
85,278 corpus weight
What this shows „Witterung“ 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 | Witterung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪtəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Witterung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Witterung (IPA [ˈvɪtəʁʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,720 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Witterung, with forms such as "iwtterung", "witerung", and "witetrung". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "wittern", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Witterung, spelled W-I-T-T-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Wetterablauf über einen bestimmten Zeitraum hinweg in einem begrenzten Gebiet
- 2Geruchssinn eines Tieres
- 3Wahrnehmung einer Geruchsspur
- 4Empfindsamkeit/Gespür für etwas sich Anbahnendes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Witterung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aufgrund der Witterung müssen wir unseren Ausflug absagen.
„Seine Holzfassade ist mit einem schwarzen Teeranstrich vor der Witterung geschützt und die Fensterrahmen leuchten in einem intensiven Rot.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwtterung
- witerung
- witetrung
- witternug
- witterrung
- witterugn
- witterungg
- witterunng
- witteurng
- wittreung
- wtiterung
- wwitterung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Witterung - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Witterung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).