volumevsVossWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“volume” and “Voss” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,224
“volume” frequency rank
#10,773
“Voss” frequency rank
36997
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature volume Voss
Definition Volumen Fuchs

Letter map: volume vs Voss

Shared letters muted; letters that set volume and Voss apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
volume
4 ch
Voss

Corpus notes: volume and Voss

volume and Voss are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

volume is recorded at frequency rank #26,224, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Voss is at rank #10,773, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 36997, this pair ranks #1,601,416 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of volume vs Voss

Shared letters: ov. Private to "volume": elmu. Private to "Voss": s.

"volume" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "Voss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • volumeovlume · vloume · vollume · volmue · voluem · volumme · voulme · vvolume
  • Vossovss · voß · vsos · vvoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "volume" and "Voss" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "volume" or "Voss" show up more?
"Voss" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,773 in our German list, against #26,224 for "volume". 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 "volume" and "Voss". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "volume" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Voss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,601,416 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "volume" and "Voss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs volume". 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 #1,601,416 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