Weiss

name

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The verdict

“Weiss” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,142
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille allemand.

Corpus desk

Index FR-weiss · Weiss · French

Weiss · rank #22,142 · 5 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,142
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH wallonne

Nearest frequency peer: wallonne (-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 « Weiss »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Weiss » 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).

Weiss vs Wes
60% similar
Weiss vs west
40% similar
Weiss vs wesh
40% similar

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

Key facts for Weiss
PropertyValue
HeadwordWeiss
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,142
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Weiss »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « wallonne » (#22,141), « étendait » (#22,143), « vulgaires » (#22,140). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Weiss » est au #22,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Weiss, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,142 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille allemand.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Weiss, with forms such as "ewiss", "weis", and "wesis". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Wes", "west", "wesh", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Weiss, spelled W-E-I-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille allemand.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne sais trop pourquoi je frayai avec Blanchette Weiss.
  2. Avec 38 000 € (la moitié pour chaque homme), le promoteur Gérard Teysseron a remporté hier les offres de bourses du Championnat d’Europe des welters (titre vacant) entre Jordy Weiss (29 ans, 30 victoires, dont 3 avant la limite, 1 nul, 0 défaite) et l’Espagnol Jon Miguez (26 ans, 17 v. dont 8 avant la lim., 1 n. 0 d.).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ewiss
  • weis
  • wesis
  • wiess
  • wweiss

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Weiss - 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.

ewiss2weis1wesis2wiess2wweiss1
Edit distance from "Weiss"

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 "Weiss"?
"Weiss" is spelled W-E-I-S-S.
What does "Weiss" mean?
As a proper noun, "Weiss" means: Nom de famille allemand.
What words are commonly confused with "Weiss"?
"Weiss" is commonly confused with "Wes", "west", "wesh". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Weiss" come from?
"Weiss" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vitro#22,137anses#22,162steel#22,104bœufs#22,188

Similar misspelling depth

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

veuf5 variantsVaud5 variantsarab5 variantssami5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list