groupsvsVossTell them apart

Which to use

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

#38,155
“groups” frequency rank
#10,773
“Voss” frequency rank
48928
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature groups Voss
Definition Plural des Substantivs group Fuchs

Letter map: groups vs Voss

Shared letters muted; letters that set groups and Voss apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. groups runs 6 letters (CCVVCC) against Voss's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
groups
4 ch
Voss

Corpus notes: groups and Voss

groups and Voss 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 48928, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

groups is recorded at frequency rank #38,155, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Voss is at rank #10,773, 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 48928, this pair ranks #1,230,373 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of groups vs Voss

Shared letters: os. Private to "groups": gpru. Private to "Voss": v.

"groups" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC  ·  "Voss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • groups ← ggroups · gorups · gropus · groupps · groupss · grousp · grroups · gruops
  • Voss ← ovss · voß · vsos · vvoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "groups" and "Voss" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "groups" vs "Voss" - which ranks higher?
"Voss" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,773 in our German list, against #38,155 for "groups". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "groups" vs "Voss" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "groups" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Voss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,230,373 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "groups" and "Voss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "groups 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 #1,230,373 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