Which to use
“voll” and “volles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #591
- “voll” frequency rank
- #11,354
- “volles” frequency rank
- 11945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voll | volles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit etwas so vollständig gefüllt, dass absolut nichts mehr hinein passt oder hinein darf oder hinein gehört | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs voll |
Where the eye mixes voll and volles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. voll runs 4 letters (CVCC) against volles's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: voll vs volles
A purely visual mix-up. voll ([fɔl]) and volles ([ˈfɔləs]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “voll” sits inside “volles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voll is recorded at frequency rank #591, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɔl]. volles is at rank #11,354, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɔləs].
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 11945, this pair ranks #1,967,070 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voll vs volles
Shared letters: lov. Private to "voll": -. Private to "volles": es.
"voll" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "volles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voll" and "volles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "voll" or "volles" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "voll" and "volles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voll" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,967,070 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voll" and "volles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volles vs völliges". 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 #1,967,070 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.