wunderbarevswunderbarerConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#5,667
“wunderbare” frequency rank
#15,533
“wunderbarer” frequency rank
21200
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature wunderbare wunderbarer
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wunderbar Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wunderbar

Where the eye mixes wunderbare and wunderbarer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. wunderbare runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCV) against wunderbarer's 11 (CVCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
wunderbare
11 ch
wunderbarer

Why the eye confuses wunderbare with wunderbarer

A purely visual mix-up. wunderbare ([ˈvʊndɐbaːʁə]) and wunderbarer ([ˈvʊndɐbaːʁɐ]) 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) - “wunderbare” sits inside “wunderbarer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21200, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wunderbare is recorded at frequency rank #5,667, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvʊndɐbaːʁə]. wunderbarer is at rank #15,533, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈvʊndɐbaːʁɐ].

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 21200, this pair ranks #1,889,059 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of wunderbare vs wunderbarer

Shared letters: abdenruw. Private to "wunderbare": -. Private to "wunderbarer": -.

"wunderbare" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCV  ·  "wunderbarer" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • wunderbare ← uwnderbare · wnuderbare · wudnerbare · wundderbare · wundebrare · wunderabre · wunderbaer · wunderbarre
  • wunderbarer ← uwnderbarer · wnuderbarer · wudnerbarer · wundderbarer · wundebrarer · wunderabrer · wunderbaerr · wunderbarerr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "wunderbare" and "wunderbarer" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈvʊndɐbaːʁə] versus [ˈvʊndɐbaːʁɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "wunderbare" vs "wunderbarer" - which ranks higher?
"wunderbare" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,667 in our German list, against #15,533 for "wunderbarer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "wunderbare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wunderbarer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,889,059 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "wunderbare" and "wunderbarer" 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 #1,889,059 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