weaker
/ˈwiːkə/
"weaker" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weaker” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,503
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of weak: more weak
Corpus desk
Index EN-weaker · weaker · English
weaker · rank #8,503 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,503
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH voyage
Nearest frequency peer: voyage (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “weaker”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- umbrella
umbrella
91,501 corpus weight
- voyage
voyage
91,499 corpus weight
- weaker
weaker
91,498 corpus weight
- willie
willie
91,497 corpus weight
- yields
yields
91,496 corpus weight
- abbey
abbey
91,495 corpus weight
What this shows “weaker” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | weaker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈwiːkə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “weaker”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around weaker (IPA /ˈwiːkə/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,503 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for weaker, with forms such as "ewaker", "waeker", and "weaekr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wear", "weber", "weave", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is weaker, spelled W-E-A-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of weak: more weak
- 2Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how weaker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yes, there were hundreds of companies in existence, but a form of natural selection was taking place. Weaker companies were swallowed up by larger ones.
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewaker
- waeker
- weaekr
- weakerr
- weakker
- weakre
- wekaer
- wweaker
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weaker - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weaker", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).