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

#4,242
“wunderschön” frequency rank
#6,260
“wunderschöne” frequency rank
10502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature wunderschön wunderschöne
Definition außerordentlich schön Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wunderschön

Where the eye mixes wunderschön and wunderschöne

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. wunderschön runs 11 letters (CVCCVCCCCVC) against wunderschöne's 12 (CVCCVCCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
wunderschön
12 ch
wunderschöne

Visual trap between wunderschön and wunderschöne

A purely visual mix-up. wunderschön ([ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːn]) and wunderschöne ([ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːnə]) 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) - “wunderschön” sits inside “wunderschöne”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wunderschön is recorded at frequency rank #4,242, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːn]. wunderschöne is at rank #6,260, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːnə].

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 10502, this pair ranks #1,974,817 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of wunderschön vs wunderschöne

Shared letters: cdehnrsuwö. Private to "wunderschön": -. Private to "wunderschöne": -.

"wunderschön" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCCVC  ·  "wunderschöne" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "wunderschön" and "wunderschöne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːn] versus [ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːnə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "wunderschön" or "wunderschöne"?
"wunderschön" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,242 in our German list, against #6,260 for "wunderschöne". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "wunderschön" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wunderschöne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,974,817 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "wunderschön" and "wunderschöne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wunderschöne vs wunderschöner". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,974,817 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