Which to use
“Wohle” is a noun and “wühlen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,000
- “Wohle” frequency rank
- #30,397
- “wühlen” frequency rank
- 45397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Wohle | wühlen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Wohl | meist mit technischen Hilfsmitteln im Erdboden graben |
Where the eye mixes Wohle and wühlen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Wohle runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against wühlen's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Wohle vs wühlen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Wohle is [ˈvoːlə] while wühlen is [ˈvyːlən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Wohle is recorded at frequency rank #15,000, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈvoːlə]. wühlen is at rank #30,397, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈvyːlən].
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 45397, this pair ranks #1,354,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Wohle vs wühlen
Shared letters: ehlw. Private to "Wohle": o. Private to "wühlen": nü.
"Wohle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "wühlen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Wohle ← owhle · whole · wohel · wohhle · wohlle · wolhe · wwohle
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Wohle" and "wühlen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Wohle" or "wühlen"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Wohle" and "wühlen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Wohle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wühlen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,354,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Wohle" and "wühlen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "weilen vs wühlen". 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 #1,354,428 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.