weather
/ˈwɛð.ə/
"weather" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weather” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,443. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,443
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-weather · weather · English
weather · rank #1,443 · 10 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,443
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH truly
Nearest frequency peer: truly (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “weather”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- therefore
therefore
98,561 corpus weight
- trial
trial
98,560 corpus weight
- truly
truly
98,559 corpus weight
- weather
weather
98,558 corpus weight
- activity
activity
98,557 corpus weight
- App
App
98,556 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “weather” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | weather |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɛð.ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “weather” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around weather (IPA /ˈwɛð.ə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,443 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for weather, with forms such as "ewather", "waether", and "weahter". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "weaver", "wither", "wetter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wather (“weather”), Saterland Frisia… The correct English form is weather, spelled W-E-A-T-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
- 2Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
- 3The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
- 4A situation.
- 5A storm; a tempest.
- 6A light shower of rain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weather appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What's the weather like today?
We'll go for a walk when the weather's better.
Etymology
From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wather (“weather”), Saterland Frisian Weeder (“weather”), Cimbrian bèttar (“weather”), Dutch weder, weer (“weather”), German Wetter (“weather”), Low German Weder (“weather”), Luxembourgish Wieder (“weather”), Yiddish וועטער (veter, “weather”), Danish vejr (“weather”), Faroese, Icelandic veður (“weather”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“weather”), Norwegian Nynorsk veder, vêr (“weather”), Swedish väder (“weather”); also more distantly related to Russian вёдро (vjódro, “fair weather”) and perhaps Albanian vrëndë (“light rain”). Other cognates include Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewather
- waether
- weahter
- weatehr
- weatherr
- weathher
- weathre
- weatther
- wetaher
- wweather
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weather - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weather", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.