weber
/ˈwɛbə/
"weber" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weber” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,078. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,078
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in on...
Corpus desk
Index EN-weber · weber · English
weber · rank #13,078 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,078
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH weaver
Nearest frequency peer: weaver (-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 “weber”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- ventilation
ventilation
86,926 corpus weight
- Viking
Viking
86,925 corpus weight
- weaver
weaver
86,924 corpus weight
- weber
weber
86,923 corpus weight
- Wes
Wes
86,922 corpus weight
- Williamson
Williamson
86,921 corpus weight
What this shows “weber” 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 | weber |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɛbə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “weber”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around weber (IPA /ˈwɛbə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,078 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in on...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for weber, with forms such as "ewber", "wbeer", and "weberr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wee", "wer", "were", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named after the German physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber The correct English form is weber, spelled W-E-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.
Etymology
Named after the German physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewber
- wbeer
- weberr
- webre
- weebr
- wweber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weber - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).