Which to use
“wunderbar” and “wunderbare” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,870
- “wunderbar” frequency rank
- #5,667
- “wunderbare” frequency rank
- 8537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wunderbar | wunderbare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | wie ein Wunder | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wunderbar |
Where the eye mixes wunderbar and wunderbare
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between wunderbar and wunderbare
A purely visual mix-up. wunderbar ([ˈvʊndɐbaːɐ̯]) and wunderbare ([ˈvʊndɐbaːʁə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “wunderbar” sits inside “wunderbare”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wunderbar is recorded at frequency rank #2,870, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvʊndɐbaːɐ̯]. wunderbare is at rank #5,667, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈvʊndɐbaːʁə].
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 8537, this pair ranks #1,983,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wunderbar vs wunderbare
Shared letters: abdenruw. Private to "wunderbar": -. Private to "wunderbare": -.
"wunderbar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "wunderbare" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- wunderbar ← uwnderbar · wnuderbar · wudnerbar · wundderbar · wundebrar · wunderabr · wunderbarr · wunderbbar
- wunderbare ← uwnderbare · wnuderbare · wudnerbare · wundderbare · wundebrare · wunderabre · wunderbaer · wunderbarre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wunderbar" and "wunderbare" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "wunderbar" or "wunderbare" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "wunderbar" and "wunderbare" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "wunderbar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wunderbare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,983,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wunderbar" and "wunderbare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wunderbare vs wundersame". 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 #1,983,892 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.