Deutsch homophones

Villen/Willen

"Willen" (#2,004 written frequency) beats "Villen" (#19,078) in this 2-word /ˈvɪlən/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.

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Frequency splits the cluster

These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈvɪlən/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Willen" leads at #2,004, with "Villen" trailing at #19,078.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • No shared spelling stem: "Villen" is 6 letters, "Willen" is 6; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across Villen, Willen: eiln. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • Villen

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory eilnv · private v

  • Willen

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory eilnw · private w

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "Villen" when you mean: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Villa
  • Write "Willen" when you mean: Wille

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • Villenivllen · vileln · vilen · villenn · villne · vlilen
  • Willeniwllen · wileln · wilen · willenn · willne · wlilen

Each spelling

Villen

noun · /ˈvɪlən/ · #19,078 frequency

Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Villa

Willen

noun · /ˈvɪlən/ · #2,004 frequency

Wille

Nearby German homophone groups

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list