Which to use
“brüllt” and “bulls” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,200
- “brüllt” frequency rank
- #25,486
- “bulls” frequency rank
- 45686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brüllt | bulls |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brüllen | 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs bullir |
Where the eye mixes brüllt and bulls
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. brüllt runs 6 letters (CCVCCC) against bulls's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between brüllt and bulls
A purely visual mix-up. brüllt ([bʁʏlt]) and bulls ([buʎs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brüllt is recorded at frequency rank #20,200, classified as averb, pronounced [bʁʏlt]. bulls is at rank #25,486, tagged as averb, pronounced [buʎs].
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 45686, this pair ranks #1,344,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brüllt vs bulls
Shared letters: bl. Private to "brüllt": rtü. Private to "bulls": su.
"brüllt" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "bulls" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- bulls ← bbulls · bluls · bullss · buls · bulsl · ublls
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "brüllt" and "bulls" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "brüllt" or "bulls" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "brüllt" and "bulls" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "brüllt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bulls" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,344,593 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brüllt" and "bulls" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bills vs bulls". 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 #1,344,593 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.