billsvsBulleTell them apart

Which to use

“bills” and “Bulle” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,785
“bills” frequency rank
#14,260
“Bulle” frequency rank
63045
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bills Bulle
Definition Plural des Substantivs bill männliches Hausrind, das geschlechtsreif ist

Letter map: bills vs Bulle

Shared letters muted; letters that set bills and Bulle apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. bills (CVCCC) and Bulle (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
bills
5 ch
Bulle

Pair insight - bills / Bulle

bills and Bulle are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bills is recorded at frequency rank #48,785, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Bulle is at rank #14,260, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbʊlə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 63045, this pair ranks #690,820 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bills vs Bulle

Shared letters: bl. Private to "bills": is. Private to "Bulle": eu.

"bills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Bulle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bills ← bbills · billss · bils · bilsl · blils · iblls
  • Bulle ← bbulle · blule · bulel · ublle

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "bills" and "Bulle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "bills" vs "Bulle" - which ranks higher?
"Bulle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,260 in our German list, against #48,785 for "bills". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "bills" vs "Bulle" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bills" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bulle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #690,820 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bills" and "Bulle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bills vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #690,820 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list