The words 'whether', 'weather' and 'wether' sound identical, but their meanings
are very different.
Whether
The conjunction
'whether' is similar to 'if'. It is most often used to introduce an indirect
question. (Provided the spelling
is correct, 'whether' is generally used correctly by native English
speakers. The rules for using 'whether' are covered in more detail in the
lesson "Whether and If".)
Examples:
 Sarah
wants to know whether the visit is still on schedule. 
I am
going to the fair, whether it's raining or not.
Weather
As a noun,
the word weather means the 'atmosphere in terms of temperature, wind and clouds and precipitation'.
As a verb, 'to weather' can mean 'to
withstand' or 'to endure' (e.g., to weather an onslaught) or 'to erode (over
time)' (e.g., to weather the surface rock).
Examples:
I am not
going fishing today. Have you seen the weather?
(weather as a noun)
We'll anchor
up, weather the storm and then head back to land.
(weather as a verb meaning to endure)
The sea will
weather that rope in less than a week.
(weather as a verb meaning to erode)
Wether
The noun
wether denotes a male sheep, especially a castrated ram.
a wether
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DID THE WETHER SURVIVE?
If you can follow this sentence, you have a good grasp of weather, whether
and wether:
The farmer looked out the window and wondered whether the wether would weather
the weather or whether the weather would kill the wether.
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