vom vs vos, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“vom” is an abbrev and “vos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#88
“vom” frequency rank: #39,125
“vos” frequency rank: 39213
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vom	vos
Definition	von dem	Eure, Ihre

Where the eye mixes vom and vos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch

vom

3 ch

vos

Look-alike desk: vom vs vos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vom is [fɔm] while vos is [vo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - m in “vom” becomes s in “vos”, and the parts of speech differ too (abbrev vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vom is recorded at frequency rank #88, classified as anabbrev, pronounced [fɔm]. vos is at rank #39,125, tagged as anadj, pronounced [vo].

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 39213, this pair ranks #1,542,930 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vom vs vos

Shared letters: ov. Private to "vom": m. Private to "vos": s.

"vom" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "vos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vom" and "vos" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vom" is an abbrev and "vos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "vom" or "vos"?

"vom" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #88 in our German list, against #39,125 for "vos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "vom" and "vos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "vom" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "vos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,542,930 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"vom" and "vos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voip vs vos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,542,930 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.