wolltvswolltetTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,718
“wollt” frequency rank
#24,579
“wolltet” frequency rank
26297
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature wollt wolltet
Definition 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wollen 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wollen

Where the eye mixes wollt and wolltet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. wollt runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against wolltet's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
wollt
7 ch
wolltet

Look-alike desk: wollt vs wolltet

A purely visual mix-up. wollt ([vɔlt]) and wolltet ([ˈvɔltət]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “wollt” sits inside “wolltet”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wollt is recorded at frequency rank #1,718, classified as averb, pronounced [vɔlt]. wolltet is at rank #24,579, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈvɔltət].

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 26297, this pair ranks #1,820,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of wollt vs wolltet

Shared letters: lotw. Private to "wollt": -. Private to "wolltet": e.

"wollt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "wolltet" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • wollt ← owllt · wlolt · wolltt · wolt · woltl · wwollt
  • wolltet ← owlltet · wloltet · wollett · wolltett · wollttet · woltet · woltlet · wwolltet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "wollt" and "wolltet" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([vɔlt] versus [ˈvɔltət]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "wollt" vs "wolltet" - which ranks higher?
"wollt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,718 in our German list, against #24,579 for "wolltet". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "wollt" and "wolltet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "wollt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wolltet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,820,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "wollt" and "wolltet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Wohltat vs wolltet". 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 #1,820,257 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