wunderschönervswunderschönesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#18,443
“wunderschöner” frequency rank
#14,722
“wunderschönes” frequency rank
33165
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature wunderschöner wunderschönes
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wunderschön Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wunderschön

Where the eye mixes wunderschöner and wunderschönes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. wunderschöner and wunderschönes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

13 ch
wunderschöner
13 ch
wunderschönes

Visual trap between wunderschöner and wunderschönes

A purely visual mix-up. wunderschöner ([ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːnɐ]) and wunderschönes ([ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːnəs]) 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 a single letter - r in “wunderschöner” becomes s in “wunderschönes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wunderschöner is recorded at frequency rank #18,443, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːnɐ]. wunderschönes is at rank #14,722, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːnəs].

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 33165, this pair ranks #1,691,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of wunderschöner vs wunderschönes

Shared letters: cdehnrsuwö. Private to "wunderschöner": -. Private to "wunderschönes": -.

"wunderschöner" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCCCVCVC  ·  "wunderschönes" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "wunderschöner" and "wunderschönes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːnɐ] versus [ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːnəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "wunderschöner" or "wunderschönes" show up more?
"wunderschönes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,722 in our German list, against #18,443 for "wunderschöner". 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 "wunderschöner" and "wunderschönes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "wunderschöner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wunderschönes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,691,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "wunderschöner" and "wunderschönes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wunderschönen vs wunderschöner". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,691,893 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