Which to use
“valley” is a noun and “vollen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,284
- “valley” frequency rank
- #3,930
- “vollen” frequency rank
- 13214
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valley | vollen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tal | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs voll |
Letter map: valley vs vollen
Shared letters muted; letters that set valley and vollen apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for valley / vollen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: valley is anoun and vollenanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13214, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valley is recorded at frequency rank #9,284, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. vollen is at rank #3,930, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɔlən].
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 13214, this pair ranks #1,959,378 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of valley vs vollen
Shared letters: elv. Private to "valley": ay. Private to "vollen": no.
"valley" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "vollen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "valley" for "vollen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "valley" vs "vollen" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "valley" and "vollen". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "valley" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vollen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,959,378 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valley" and "vollen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs valley". 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 #1,959,378 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.