WochevsWucherWhich spelling fits?

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

#373
“Woche” frequency rank
#42,961
“Wucher” frequency rank
43334
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Woche Wucher
Definition 7-tägiger Zeitraum Einforderung zu hoher Kosten bei Geschäften, insbesondere bei Krediten

Where the eye mixes Woche and Wucher

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Woche
6 ch
Wucher

Look-alike desk: Woche vs Wucher

A purely visual mix-up. Woche ([ˈvɔxə]) and Wucher ([ˈvuːxɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43334, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Woche is recorded at frequency rank #373, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɔxə]. Wucher is at rank #42,961, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈvuːxɐ].

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 43334, this pair ranks #1,421,328 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Woche vs Wucher

Shared letters: cehw. Private to "Woche": o. Private to "Wucher": ru.

"Woche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Wucher" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Wocheowche · wcohe · wocche · woceh · wochhe · wohce · wwoche
  • Wucheruwcher · wcuher · wuccher · wucehr · wucherr · wuchher · wuchre · wuhcer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Woche" and "Wucher" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈvɔxə] versus [ˈvuːxɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Woche" or "Wucher" show up more?
"Woche" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #373 in our German list, against #42,961 for "Wucher". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Woche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Wucher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,421,328 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Woche" and "Wucher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Wucher vs Wupper". 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 #1,421,328 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