willsvswolltConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#27,136
“wills” frequency rank
#1,718
“wollt” frequency rank
28854
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature wills wollt
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs will 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wollen

Letter map: wills vs wollt

Shared letters muted; letters that set wills and wollt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. wills and wollt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
wills
5 ch
wollt

Corpus notes: wills and wollt

wills and wollt are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wills is recorded at frequency rank #27,136, classified as averb, pronounced […]. wollt is at rank #1,718, tagged as averb, pronounced [vɔlt].

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 28854, this pair ranks #1,777,378 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of wills vs wollt

Shared letters: lw. Private to "wills": is. Private to "wollt": ot.

"wills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "wollt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • willsiwlls · willss · wils · wilsl · wlils · wwills
  • wolltowllt · wlolt · wolltt · wolt · woltl · wwollt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "wills" and "wollt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "wills" or "wollt"?
"wollt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,718 in our German list, against #27,136 for "wills". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "wills" vs "wollt" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "wills" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wollt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,777,378 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "wills" and "wollt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs wills". 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 #1,777,378 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