FuldavsFülleWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Fulda is a name, Fülle is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Fulda” is a name and “Fülle” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,089
“Fulda” frequency rank
#8,372
“Fülle” frequency rank
18461
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fulda Fülle
Definition ein Fluss in Deutschland, Quellfluss der Weser große Menge

Where the eye mixes Fulda and Fülle

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Fulda and Fülle follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Fulda
5 ch
Fülle

Visual trap between Fulda and Fülle

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Fulda is [ˈfʊlda] while Fülle is [ˈfʏlə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fulda is recorded at frequency rank #10,089, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈfʊlda]. Fülle is at rank #8,372, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʏlə].

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 18461, this pair ranks #1,918,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Fulda vs Fülle

Shared letters: fl. Private to "Fulda": adu. Private to "Fülle": eü.

"Fulda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Fülle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fulda ← ffulda · fluda · fudla · fulad · fuldda · fullda · uflda

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Fulda" and "Fülle" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Fulda" is a name and "Fülle" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Fulda" vs "Fülle" - which ranks higher?
"Fülle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,372 in our German list, against #10,089 for "Fulda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Fulda" and "Fülle" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Fulda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fülle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,918,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fulda" and "Fülle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Felge vs Fülle". 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 #1,918,001 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