Witwer
[ˈvɪtvɐ]
The verdict
“Witwer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #38,530. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,530
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mann, dessen Ehepartnerin beziehungsweise Ehepartner verstorben ist (und der [noch] nicht wieder geheiratet hat)
Corpus desk
Index DE-witwer · Witwer · German
Witwer · rank #38,530 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,530
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wittern
Nearest frequency peer: wittern (-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 „Witwer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- 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
- Würste
Würste
61,469 corpus weight
What this shows „Witwer“ 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 | Witwer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪtvɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #38,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Witwer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Witwer (IPA [ˈvɪtvɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,530 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mann, dessen Ehepartnerin beziehungsweise Ehepartner verstorben ist (und der [noch] nicht wieder geheiratet hat)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Witwer, with forms such as "iwtwer", "witewr", and "wittwer". 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, "Witze", "Witzen", "writer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Witwer, spelled W-I-T-W-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mann, dessen Ehepartnerin beziehungsweise Ehepartner verstorben ist (und der [noch] nicht wieder geheiratet hat)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Witwer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Beide ſind Witwer, denen die Witwe Goos, der das Haus zu eigen iſt, die Wirtſchaft führt.“
„Er war Witwer, hatte nur Adele und fuhr jetzt nach Louviers, um in einer Manufaktur zu arbeiten.“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwtwer
- witewr
- wittwer
- witwerr
- witwre
- witwwer
- wiwter
- wtiwer
- wwitwer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Witwer - 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 "Witwer", 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).