Which to use
“wählte” is a verb and “Wohle” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,490
- “wählte” frequency rank
- #15,000
- “Wohle” frequency rank
- 23490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wählte | Wohle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wählen | Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Wohl |
Where the eye mixes wählte and Wohle
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. wählte runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against Wohle's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: wählte vs Wohle
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: wählte is [ˈvɛːltə] while Wohle is [ˈvoːlə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23490, 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]. Wohle is at rank #15,000, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈvoːlə].
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 23490, this pair ranks #1,860,640 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wählte vs Wohle
Shared letters: ehlw. Private to "wählte": tä. Private to "Wohle": o.
"wählte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "Wohle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Wohle ← owhle · whole · wohel · wohhle · wohlle · wolhe · wwohle
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wählte" and "Wohle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "wählte" vs "Wohle" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "wählte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Wohle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,860,640 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wählte" and "Wohle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wehte vs Wohle". 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 #1,860,640 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.