WR
The verdict
“WR” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #23,794 in German word frequency and used as an abbreviation.
- #23,794
- frequency rank, German
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Währungsreform
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 | WR |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #23,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “WR” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for WR is 2 letters long, classified as an abbreviation. Corpus data places it at rank #23,794 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for WR in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Wu", "WS", "Wut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is WR, spelled W-R.
Definition
- 1Währungsreform
- 2Weltrekord
- 3Wertungsrichter
- 4Winterreifen
- 5Wirtschaftsrecht
- 6Wissenschaftsrat
- 7Wahlrecht
- 8Wirtschaftsredakteur
- 9Wirtschaftsredaktion
- 10Wirtschaftsring
- 11Wirtschaftsrat
- 12Wechselrichter
- 13Wide Receiver
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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Using “WR”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Wu” - see the side-by-side comparison. WR vs Wu
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.