volvsvollConfusable pair

Quick tell: vol is a noun, voll is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#6,374
“vol” frequency rank
#591
“voll” frequency rank
6965
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vol voll
Definition Flug, des Tieres und der Maschine mit etwas so vollständig gefüllt, dass absolut nichts mehr hinein passt oder hinein darf oder hinein gehört

Letter map: vol vs voll

Shared letters muted; letters that set vol and voll apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
vol
4 ch
voll

Role in the sentence - vol and voll

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vol is anoun and vollanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vol” sits inside “voll”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vol is recorded at frequency rank #6,374, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. voll is at rank #591, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fɔl].

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 6965, this pair ranks #1,989,867 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vol vs voll

Shared letters: lov. Private to "vol": -. Private to "voll": -.

"vol" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "voll" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vollovll · vlol · vvoll

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vol" and "voll" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vol" is a noun and "voll" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vol" or "voll"?
"voll" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #591 in our German list, against #6,374 for "vol". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "vol" vs "voll" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voll" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,989,867 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vol" and "voll" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs vol". 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 #1,989,867 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