vera vs vila, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#8,302
“vera” frequency rank: #48,600
“vila” frequency rank: 56902
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vera	vila
Definition	wahr, regelrecht	das Dorf, die Ortschaft, der Marktflecken

Letter map: vera vs vila

Shared letters muted; letters that set vera and vila apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

vera

4 ch

vila

Grammar separator: vera vs vila

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vera is anadjective and vilaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vera is recorded at frequency rank #8,302, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. vila is at rank #48,600, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbiɫə].

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 56902, this pair ranks #922,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vera vs vila

Shared letters: av. Private to "vera": er. Private to "vila": il.

"vera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "vila" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

vera ← evra · vear · verra · vrea · vvera
vila ← ivla · vial · vlia · vvila

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vera" for "vila" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vera" is an adjective and "vila" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "vera" or "vila"?

"vera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,302 in our German list, against #48,600 for "vila". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "vera" and "vila". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "vera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "vila" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #922,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"vera" and "vila" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vila vs Vulva". 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 #922,293 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.