tuttivsvolConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#38,461
“tutti” frequency rank
#6,374
“vol” frequency rank
44835
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tutti vol
Definition Männlich Plural des Adjektivs tutto Flug, des Tieres und der Maschine

Letter map: tutti vs vol

Shared letters muted; letters that set tutti and vol apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

5 ch
tutti
3 ch
vol

Role in the sentence - tutti and vol

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tutti is anadjective and volanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tutti is recorded at frequency rank #38,461, 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 44835, this pair ranks #1,373,215 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tutti vs vol

Shared letters: none. Private to "tutti": itu. Private to "vol": lov.

"tutti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vol" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tuttittuti · ttutti · tuti · tutit · uttti

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tutti" for "vol" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tutti" is an adjective and "vol" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tutti" or "vol"?
"vol" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,374 in our German list, against #38,461 for "tutti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tutti" 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 #1,373,215 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tutti" and "vol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tutti". 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 #1,373,215 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