WertevsWürfeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#1,646
“Werte” frequency rank
#35,002
“Würfe” frequency rank
36648
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Werte Würfe
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Wert Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Wurf

Where the eye mixes Werte and Würfe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Werte
5 ch
Würfe

Look-alike desk: Werte vs Würfe

A purely visual mix-up. Werte ([ˈveːɐ̯tə]) and Würfe ([ˈvʏʁfə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Werte is recorded at frequency rank #1,646, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈveːɐ̯tə]. Würfe is at rank #35,002, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈvʏʁfə].

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 36648, this pair ranks #1,610,193 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Werte vs Würfe

Shared letters: erw. Private to "Werte": t. Private to "Würfe": .

"Werte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Würfe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Werteewrte · weret · werrte · wertte · wetre · wrete · wwerte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Werte" for "Würfe" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈveːɐ̯tə] versus [ˈvʏʁfə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Werte" or "Würfe" show up more?
"Werte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,646 in our German list, against #35,002 for "Würfe". 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 "Werte" and "Würfe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Werte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Würfe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,610,193 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Werte" and "Würfe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wirre vs Würfe". 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 #1,610,193 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