willsvsWolfsConfusable pair

Quick tell: wills is a verb, Wolfs is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“wills” is a verb and “Wolfs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,136
“wills” frequency rank
#36,744
“Wolfs” frequency rank
63880
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature wills Wolfs
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs will Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Wolf

Letter map: wills vs Wolfs

Shared letters muted; letters that set wills and Wolfs apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
wills
5 ch
Wolfs

Role in the sentence - wills and Wolfs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wills is averb and Wolfsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wills is recorded at frequency rank #27,136, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Wolfs is at rank #36,744, tagged as anoun, pronounced [vɔlfs].

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 63880, this pair ranks #661,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of wills vs Wolfs

Shared letters: lsw. Private to "wills": i. Private to "Wolfs": fo.

"wills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Wolfs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • willsiwlls · willss · wils · wilsl · wlils · wwills
  • Wolfsowlfs · wlofs · wofls · wolffs · wolfss · wollfs · wolsf · wwolfs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "wills" and "Wolfs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "wills" is a verb and "Wolfs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "wills" or "Wolfs"?
"wills" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,136 in our German list, against #36,744 for "Wolfs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "wills" and "Wolfs". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "wills" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Wolfs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #661,086 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "wills" and "Wolfs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Wolfs vs worlds". 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 #661,086 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