weather

\ˈwɛð.ɚ\

/\ˈwɛð.ɚ\/ noun

The verdict

“weather” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,100
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Temps, météo.

Corpus desk

Index FR-weather · weather · French

weather · rank #39,100 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,100
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH weekends

Nearest frequency peer: weekends (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « weather »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « weather » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

weather vs weaver
71% similar
weather vs water
71% similar
weather vs Walther
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for weather
PropertyValue
Headwordweather
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈwɛð.ɚ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,100
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « weather »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).weatherse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « weekends » (#39,101), « voltage » (#39,098), « VL » (#39,097). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « weather » est au #39,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around weather (IPA \ˈwɛð.ɚ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,100 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Temps, météo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for weather, with forms such as "ewather", "waether", and "weahter". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "weaver", "water", "Walther", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is weather, spelled W-E-A-T-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Temps, météo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how weather appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Implacable November weather. As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill.
  2. Al-Tanf was ravaged by weather and downright neglect.

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 - 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.

ewather2waether2weahter2weatehr2weatherr1weathher1weathre2weatther1
Edit distance from "weather"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "weather"?
"weather" is spelled W-E-A-T-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈwɛð.ɚ\.
What does "weather" mean?
As a noun, "weather" means: Temps, météo.
What words are commonly confused with "weather"?
"weather" is commonly confused with "weaver", "water", "Walther". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "weather"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "weather" is \ˈwɛð.ɚ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "weather" come from?
"weather" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weather", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list