FüllevsFundeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#8,372
“Fülle” frequency rank
#12,285
“Funde” frequency rank
20657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fülle Funde
Definition große Menge Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Fund

Where the eye mixes Fülle and Funde

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Fülle
5 ch
Funde

Visual trap between Fülle and Funde

A purely visual mix-up. Fülle ([ˈfʏlə]) and Funde ([ˈfʊndə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fülle is recorded at frequency rank #8,372, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʏlə]. Funde is at rank #12,285, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʊndə].

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 20657, this pair ranks #1,895,242 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Fülle vs Funde

Shared letters: ef. Private to "Fülle": . Private to "Funde": dnu.

"Fülle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Funde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fundeffunde · fnude · fudne · fundde · funed · funnde · ufnde

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Fülle" and "Funde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfʏlə] versus [ˈfʊndə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Fülle" vs "Funde" - which ranks higher?
"Fülle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,372 in our German list, against #12,285 for "Funde". 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 "Fülle" and "Funde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Fülle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Funde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,895,242 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fülle" and "Funde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fondue vs Funde". 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 #1,895,242 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