Which to use
“Walde” is a name and “wilde” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,990
- “Walde” frequency rank
- #4,668
- “wilde” frequency rank
- 29658
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Walde | wilde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs wild |
Where the eye mixes Walde and wilde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Walde vs wilde
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Walde is [ˈvaldə] while wilde is [ˈvɪldə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “Walde” becomes i in “wilde”, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Walde is recorded at frequency rank #24,990, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈvaldə]. wilde is at rank #4,668, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈvɪldə].
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 29658, this pair ranks #1,762,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Walde vs wilde
Shared letters: delw. Private to "Walde": a. Private to "wilde": i.
"Walde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "wilde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Walde" for "wilde" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Walde" or "wilde" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Walde" and "wilde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Walde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wilde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,762,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Walde" and "wilde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Walde vs waste". 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 #1,762,691 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.