vollevsvorneWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: volle is a adjective, vorne is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“volle” is an adjective and “vorne” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,697
“volle” frequency rank
#1,616
“vorne” frequency rank
4313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature volle vorne
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs voll Adverb, das den Ort anzeigt; vorne ist da, wo im Vergleich zu einem menschlichen Körper die Seite des Gesichtes wäre

Where the eye mixes volle and vorne

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
volle
5 ch
vorne

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: volle is [ˈfɔlə] while vorne is [ˈfɔʁnə]. 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 adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

volle is recorded at frequency rank #2,697, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɔlə]. vorne is at rank #1,616, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˈfɔʁnə].

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 4313, this pair ranks #1,998,043 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of volle vs vorne

Shared letters: eov. Private to "volle": l. Private to "vorne": nr.

"volle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vorne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • volleovlle · vlole · vole · volel · vvolle
  • vorneovrne · vonre · voren · vornne · vorrne · vrone · vvorne

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "volle" and "vorne" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "volle" is an adjective and "vorne" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "volle" or "vorne"?
"vorne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,616 in our German list, against #2,697 for "volle". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "volle" and "vorne". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "volle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vorne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,998,043 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "volle" and "vorne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volle vs Volley". 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

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list