Which to use
“voll” is an adjective and “vong” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #591
- “voll” frequency rank
- #25,392
- “vong” frequency rank
- 25983
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voll | vong |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit etwas so vollständig gefüllt, dass absolut nichts mehr hinein passt oder hinein darf oder hinein gehört | dient in Kombination mit „her“ der Eingrenzung des Kontexts einer vorangegangenen Frage oder Aussage |
Where the eye mixes voll and vong
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. voll and vong follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: voll vs vong
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voll is [fɔl] while vong is [fɔŋ]. 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 (adjective vs preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voll is recorded at frequency rank #591, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɔl]. vong is at rank #25,392, tagged as aprep, pronounced [fɔŋ].
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 25983, this pair ranks #1,825,027 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voll vs vong
Shared letters: ov. Private to "voll": l. Private to "vong": gn.
"voll" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "vong" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voll" for "vong" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "voll" or "vong" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "voll" and "vong" 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 "vong" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,825,027 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voll" and "vong" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voip vs vong". 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 #1,825,027 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.