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“vielfach” and “vielfache” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,021
“vielfach” frequency rank
#44,341
“vielfache” frequency rank
50362
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vielfach vielfache
Definition einige Male so groß Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vielfach

Where the eye mixes vielfach and vielfache

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. vielfach runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against vielfache's 9 (CVVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
vielfach
9 ch
vielfache

Visual trap between vielfach and vielfache

A purely visual mix-up. vielfach ([ˈfiːlfax]) and vielfache ([ˈfiːlfaxə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vielfach” sits inside “vielfache”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vielfach is recorded at frequency rank #6,021, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfiːlfax]. vielfache is at rank #44,341, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfiːlfaxə].

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 50362, this pair ranks #1,176,546 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vielfach vs vielfache

Shared letters: acefhilv. Private to "vielfach": -. Private to "vielfache": -.

"vielfach" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC  ·  "vielfache" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vielfach ← ivelfach · veilfach · vieflach · vielafch · vielfacch · vielfachh · vielfahc · vielfcah
  • vielfache ← ivelfache · veilfache · vieflache · vielafche · vielfacche · vielfaceh · vielfachhe · vielfahce

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vielfach" and "vielfache" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfiːlfax] versus [ˈfiːlfaxə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vielfach" or "vielfache"?
"vielfach" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,021 in our German list, against #44,341 for "vielfache". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "vielfach" and "vielfache" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vielfach" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vielfache" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,176,546 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vielfach" and "vielfache" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vielfache vs vierfach". 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 #1,176,546 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