wunderbarervsWunderbaresConfusable pair

Quick tell: wunderbarer is a adjective, Wunderbares is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#15,533
“wunderbarer” frequency rank
#15,003
“Wunderbares” frequency rank
30536
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature wunderbarer Wunderbares
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wunderbar etwas, das auf jemanden einen wunderbaren Eindruck macht (zum Beispiel Wunder, aber auch generell wunderbare Dinge, Erlebnisse oder Offenbarungen)

Where the eye mixes wunderbarer and Wunderbares

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. wunderbarer and Wunderbares follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
wunderbarer
11 ch
Wunderbares

Visual trap between wunderbarer and Wunderbares

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: wunderbarer is [ˈvʊndɐbaːʁɐ] while Wunderbares is [ˈvʊndɐbaːʁəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “wunderbarer” becomes s in “Wunderbares”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wunderbarer is recorded at frequency rank #15,533, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvʊndɐbaːʁɐ]. Wunderbares is at rank #15,003, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈvʊndɐbaːʁəs].

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 30536, this pair ranks #1,745,919 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of wunderbarer vs Wunderbares

Shared letters: abdenruw. Private to "wunderbarer": -. Private to "Wunderbares": s.

"wunderbarer" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC  ·  "Wunderbares" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • wunderbarer ← uwnderbarer · wnuderbarer · wudnerbarer · wundderbarer · wundebrarer · wunderabrer · wunderbaerr · wunderbarerr
  • Wunderbares ← uwnderbares · wnuderbares · wudnerbares · wundderbares · wundebrares · wunderabres · wunderbaers · wunderbaress

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "wunderbarer" and "Wunderbares" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "wunderbarer" is an adjective and "Wunderbares" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "wunderbarer" or "Wunderbares" show up more?
"Wunderbares" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,003 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.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "wunderbarer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Wunderbares" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,745,919 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "wunderbarer" and "Wunderbares" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wunderbaren vs wunderbarer". 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 #1,745,919 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