migrosvswaleConfusable pair

Quick tell: migros is a verb, wale is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“migros” is a verb and “wale” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,671
“migros” frequency rank
#23,369
“wale” frequency rank
56040
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature migros wale
Definition Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs migri Rippe, Salleiste, feste Webkante

Letter map: migros vs wale

Shared letters muted; letters that set migros and wale apart highlighted. No shared letter run. migros runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against wale's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
migros
4 ch
wale

Grammar separator: migros vs wale

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: migros is averb and waleanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

migros is recorded at frequency rank #32,671, classified as averb, pronounced […]. wale is at rank #23,369, 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 56040, this pair ranks #955,962 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of migros vs wale

Shared letters: none. Private to "migros": gimors. Private to "wale": aelw.

"migros" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "wale" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • migros ← imgros · mgiros · miggros · migors · migross · migrros · migrso · mirgos
  • wale ← awle · wael · walle · wlae · wwale

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "migros" for "wale" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "migros" is a verb and "wale" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "migros" or "wale" show up more?
"wale" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,369 in our German list, against #32,671 for "migros". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "migros" and "wale". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "migros" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wale" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #955,962 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "migros" and "wale" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "migros 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 #955,962 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