WulfvswundConfusable pair

Quick tell: Wulf is a noun, wund is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Wulf” is a noun and “wund” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,025
“Wulf” frequency rank
#27,577
“wund” frequency rank
55602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Wulf wund
Definition Wolf an der Haut aufgeschürft

Letter map: Wulf vs wund

Shared letters muted; letters that set Wulf and wund apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Wulf and wund follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Wulf
4 ch
wund

Grammar separator: Wulf vs wund

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Wulf is anoun and wundanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Wulf is recorded at frequency rank #28,025, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. wund is at rank #27,577, tagged as anadj, pronounced [vʊnt].

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 55602, this pair ranks #973,220 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Wulf vs wund

Shared letters: uw. Private to "Wulf": fl. Private to "wund": dn.

"Wulf" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "wund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Wulf ← uwlf · wluf · wufl · wullf · wwulf
  • wund ← uwnd · wnud · wudn · wundd · wunnd · wwund

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Wulf" for "wund" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Wulf" is a noun and "wund" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Wulf" or "wund" show up more?
"wund" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,577 in our German list, against #28,025 for "Wulf". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Wulf" and "wund".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Wulf" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #973,220 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Wulf" and "wund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Wulf". 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 #973,220 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