WortevsWürthWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,002
“Worte” frequency rank
#40,332
“Würth” frequency rank
41334
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Worte Würth
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Wort deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: Worte vs Würth

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

5 ch
Worte
5 ch
Würth

Part-of-speech tell for Worte / Würth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Worte 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 41334, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Worte is recorded at frequency rank #1,002, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɔʁtə]. 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 41334, this pair ranks #1,482,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Worte vs Würth

Shared letters: rtw. Private to "Worte": eo. Private to "Würth": hü.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Worte ← owrte · woret · worrte · wortte · wotre · wrote · wworte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Worte" and "Würth" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Worte" is a noun and "Würth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Worte" or "Würth" show up more?
"Worte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,002 in our German list, against #40,332 for "Würth". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Worte" and "Würth".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Worte" 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 #1,482,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Worte" 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 #1,482,594 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