Which to use
“wählte” is a verb and “wale” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,490
- “wählte” frequency rank
- #23,369
- “wale” frequency rank
- 31859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wählte | wale |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wählen | Rippe, Salleiste, feste Webkante |
Letter map: wählte vs wale
Shared letters muted; letters that set wählte and wale apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. wählte runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against wale's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for wählte / wale
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wählte is averb and waleanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wählte is recorded at frequency rank #8,490, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈvɛːltə]. wale is at rank #23,369, 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 31859, this pair ranks #1,719,584 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wählte vs wale
Shared letters: elw. Private to "wählte": htä. Private to "wale": a.
"wählte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "wale" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- wale ← awle · wael · walle · wlae · wwale
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "wählte" and "wale" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "wählte" vs "wale" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "wählte" and "wale".
- Full dictionary entry for "wählte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wale" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,719,584 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wählte" and "wale" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs wale". 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 #1,719,584 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.