VollandvsvollenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Volland is a name, vollen is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Volland” is a name and “vollen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,839
“Volland” frequency rank
#3,930
“vollen” frequency rank
51769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Volland vollen
Definition deutscher Nachname, Familienname Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs voll

Letter map: Volland vs vollen

Shared letters muted; letters that set Volland and vollen apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Volland runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against vollen's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Volland
6 ch
vollen

Grammar separator: Volland vs vollen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Volland is aname and vollenanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Volland is recorded at frequency rank #47,839, classified as aname, pronounced […]. vollen is at rank #3,930, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɔlən].

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 51769, this pair ranks #1,122,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Volland vs vollen

Shared letters: lnov. Private to "Volland": ad. Private to "vollen": e.

"Volland" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "vollen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Volland ← ovlland · vloland · volalnd · voland · volladn · vollandd · vollannd · vollnad
  • vollen ← ovllen · vlolen · voleln · volen · vollenn · vollne · vvollen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Volland" and "vollen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Volland" is a name and "vollen" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Volland" or "vollen" show up more?
"vollen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,930 in our German list, against #47,839 for "Volland". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "Volland" vs "vollen" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Volland" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vollen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,122,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Volland" and "vollen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Volland". 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 #1,122,726 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