strongvsvolTell them apart

Quick tell: strong is a adjective, vol is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“strong” is an adjective and “vol” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,073
“strong” frequency rank
#6,374
“vol” frequency rank
26447
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature strong vol
Definition stark Flug, des Tieres und der Maschine

Letter map: strong vs vol

Shared letters muted; letters that set strong and vol apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
strong
3 ch
vol

Part-of-speech tell for strong / vol

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: strong is anadjective and volanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

strong is recorded at frequency rank #20,073, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. vol is at rank #6,374, 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 26447, this pair ranks #1,817,953 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of strong vs vol

Shared letters: o. Private to "strong": gnrst. Private to "vol": lv.

"strong" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC  ·  "vol" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • strongsrtong · sstrong · storng · strnog · strogn · strongg · stronng · strrong

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "strong" and "vol" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "strong" is an adjective and "vol" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "strong" or "vol"?
"vol" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,374 in our German list, against #20,073 for "strong". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "strong" and "vol". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "strong" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vol" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,817,953 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "strong" and "vol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs strong". 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 #1,817,953 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