Which to use
“Villen” is a noun and “vollem” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,078
- “Villen” frequency rank
- #6,874
- “vollem” frequency rank
- 25952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Villen | vollem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Villa | Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs voll |
Where the eye mixes Villen and vollem
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Villen and vollem follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Villen vs vollem
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Villen is [ˈvɪlən] while vollem is [ˈfɔləm]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Villen is recorded at frequency rank #19,078, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɪlən]. vollem is at rank #6,874, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɔləm].
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 25952, this pair ranks #1,825,509 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Villen vs vollem
Shared letters: elv. Private to "Villen": in. Private to "vollem": mo.
"Villen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "vollem" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Villen" for "vollem" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Villen" vs "vollem" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Villen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vollem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,825,509 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Villen" and "vollem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vilbel vs Villen". 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 #1,825,509 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.