ullavsvolConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#24,155
“ulla” frequency rank
#6,374
“vol” frequency rank
30529
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ulla vol
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum des Indefinitpronomens ullus Flug, des Tieres und der Maschine

Letter map: ulla vs vol

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

4 ch
ulla
3 ch
vol

Role in the sentence - ulla and vol

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ulla is anunknown and volanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ulla is recorded at frequency rank #24,155, classified as anunknown, 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 30529, this pair ranks #1,746,043 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ulla vs vol

Shared letters: l. Private to "ulla": au. Private to "vol": ov.

"ulla" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "vol" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ullalula · ula · ulal

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ulla" for "vol" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ulla" is an unknown and "vol" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "ulla" or "vol" show up more?
"vol" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,374 in our German list, against #24,155 for "ulla". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ulla" 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 #1,746,043 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ulla" and "vol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs ulla". 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 #1,746,043 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