Which to use
“wilder” is an adjective and “Willem” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,783
- “wilder” frequency rank
- #30,873
- “Willem” frequency rank
- 41656
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wilder | Willem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs wild | männlicher Vorname |
Letter map: wilder vs Willem
Shared letters muted; letters that set wilder and Willem apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. wilder and Willem follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - wilder and Willem
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wilder is anadjective and Willemaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wilder is recorded at frequency rank #10,783, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvɪldɐ]. Willem is at rank #30,873, 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 41656, this pair ranks #1,472,918 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wilder vs Willem
Shared letters: eilw. Private to "wilder": dr. Private to "Willem": m.
"wilder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Willem" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "wilder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Willem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,472,918 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wilder" and "Willem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Willem". 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 #1,472,918 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.