knightsvsvolumeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#27,812
“knights” frequency rank
#26,224
“volume” frequency rank
54036
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature knights volume
Definition Plural des Substantivs knight Volumen

Letter map: knights vs volume

Shared letters muted; letters that set knights and volume apart highlighted. No shared letter run. knights runs 7 letters (CCVCCCC) against volume's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
knights
6 ch
volume

Corpus notes: knights and volume

knights and volume 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54036, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

knights is recorded at frequency rank #27,812, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. volume is at rank #26,224, 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 54036, this pair ranks #1,034,599 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of knights vs volume

Shared letters: none. Private to "knights": ghiknst. Private to "volume": elmouv.

"knights" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCC  ·  "volume" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • knightskinghts · kknights · kngihts · knigghts · knighhts · knighst · knightss · knightts
  • volumeovlume · vloume · vollume · volmue · voluem · volumme · voulme · vvolume

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "knights" for "volume" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "knights" or "volume" show up more?
"volume" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,224 in our German list, against #27,812 for "knights". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "knights" and "volume".

  • Full dictionary entry for "knights" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "volume" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,034,599 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "knights" and "volume" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "knights 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 #1,034,599 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