WulfvsWürfeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#28,025
“Wulf” frequency rank
#35,002
“Würfe” frequency rank
63027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Wulf Würfe
Definition Wolf Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Wurf

Letter map: Wulf vs Würfe

Shared letters muted; letters that set Wulf and Würfe apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Wulf runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Würfe's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Wulf
5 ch
Würfe

Pair insight - Wulf / Würfe

Wulf and Würfe are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Wulf is recorded at frequency rank #28,025, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Würfe is at rank #35,002, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈvʏʁfə].

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 63027, this pair ranks #691,431 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Wulf vs Würfe

Shared letters: fw. Private to "Wulf": lu. Private to "Würfe": erü.

"Wulf" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Würfe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Wulf ← uwlf · wluf · wufl · wullf · wwulf

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Wulf" for "Würfe" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Wulf" vs "Würfe" - which ranks higher?
"Wulf" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,025 in our German list, against #35,002 for "Würfe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Wulf" and "Würfe". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Wulf" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Würfe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #691,431 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Wulf" and "Würfe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wirre vs Würfe". 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 #691,431 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