kungvsWulfWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#22,408
“kung” frequency rank
#28,025
“Wulf” frequency rank
50433
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kung Wulf
Definition monarchisches Oberhaupt eines Königreichs; König Wolf

Letter map: kung vs Wulf

Shared letters muted; letters that set kung and Wulf apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. kung and Wulf follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
kung
4 ch
Wulf

Corpus notes: kung and Wulf

kung and Wulf 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kung is recorded at frequency rank #22,408, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Wulf is at rank #28,025, 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 50433, this pair ranks #1,173,883 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of kung vs Wulf

Shared letters: u. Private to "kung": gkn. Private to "Wulf": flw.

"kung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Wulf" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kungkkung · knug · kugn · kungg · kunng · ukng
  • Wulfuwlf · wluf · wufl · wullf · wwulf

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "kung" and "Wulf" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "kung" vs "Wulf" - which ranks higher?
"kung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,408 in our German list, against #28,025 for "Wulf". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "kung" vs "Wulf" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "kung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Wulf" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,173,883 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kung" and "Wulf" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Wulf". 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 #1,173,883 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