WerthvsWürthConfusable pair

Quick tell: Werth is a noun, Würth is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Werth” is a noun and “Würth” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,135
“Werth” frequency rank
#40,332
“Würth” frequency rank
67467
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Werth Würth
Definition Flussinsel, vor allen Dingen gebräuchlich für Inseln im Rhein deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: Werth vs Würth

Shared letters muted; letters that set Werth and Würth apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Werth
5 ch
Würth

Part-of-speech tell for Werth / Würth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Werth is anoun and Würthaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “Werth” becomes ü in “Würth”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67467, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Werth is recorded at frequency rank #27,135, classified as anoun, pronounced [veːɐ̯t]. Würth is at rank #40,332, tagged as aname, 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 67467, this pair ranks #539,210 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Werth vs Würth

Shared letters: hrtw. Private to "Werth": e. Private to "Würth": ü.

"Werth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Würth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Werthewrth · werrth · werthh · wertth · wetrh · wreth · wwerth

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Werth" and "Würth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Werth" is a noun and "Würth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Werth" or "Würth" show up more?
"Werth" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,135 in our German list, against #40,332 for "Würth". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Werth" and "Würth".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Werth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Würth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #539,210 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Werth" and "Würth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Würth". 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 #539,210 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