Which to use
“family” and “wale” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,759
- “family” frequency rank
- #23,369
- “wale” frequency rank
- 31128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | family | wale |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Familie | Rippe, Salleiste, feste Webkante |
Letter map: family vs wale
Shared letters muted; letters that set family and wale apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. family runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against wale's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: family and wale
family and wale 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
family is recorded at frequency rank #7,759, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. wale is at rank #23,369, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 31128, this pair ranks #1,734,247 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of family vs wale
Shared letters: al. Private to "family": fimy. Private to "wale": ew.
"family" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "wale" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "family" and "wale" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "family" or "wale"?
After this comparison
You've compared "family" and "wale". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "family" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wale" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,734,247 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "family" and "wale" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs wale". 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 #1,734,247 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.