WirtevsWürthConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#30,395
“Wirte” frequency rank
#40,332
“Würth” frequency rank
70727
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Wirte Würth
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Wirt deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: Wirte vs Würth

Shared letters muted; letters that set Wirte and Würth apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Wirte (CVCCV) and Würth (CVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Wirte
5 ch
Würth

Role in the sentence - Wirte and Würth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Wirte is anoun and Würthaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Wirte is recorded at frequency rank #30,395, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɪʁtə]. 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 70727, this pair ranks #437,623 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Wirte vs Würth

Shared letters: rtw. Private to "Wirte": ei. Private to "Würth": hü.

"Wirte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Würth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Wirte ← iwrte · wiret · wirrte · wirtte · witre · wwirte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Wirte" and "Würth" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Wirte" is a noun and "Würth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Wirte" or "Würth"?
"Wirte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,395 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "Wirte" vs "Würth" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Wirte" 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 #437,623 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Wirte" 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 #437,623 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