wundervollvswundervollerWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#11,790
“wundervoll” frequency rank
#33,920
“wundervoller” frequency rank
45710
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature wundervoll wundervoller
Definition gehobenerer Ausdruck für: genial, super, wunderbar Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wundervoll

Where the eye mixes wundervoll and wundervoller

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. wundervoll runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against wundervoller's 12 (CVCCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
wundervoll
12 ch
wundervoller

Visual trap between wundervoll and wundervoller

A purely visual mix-up. wundervoll ([ˈvʊndɐˌfɔl]) and wundervoller ([ˈvʊndɐˌfɔlɐ]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “wundervoll” sits inside “wundervoller”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wundervoll is recorded at frequency rank #11,790, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvʊndɐˌfɔl]. wundervoller is at rank #33,920, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈvʊndɐˌfɔlɐ].

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 45710, this pair ranks #1,343,811 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of wundervoll vs wundervoller

Shared letters: delnoruvw. Private to "wundervoll": -. Private to "wundervoller": -.

"wundervoll" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC  ·  "wundervoller" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • wundervoll ← uwndervoll · wnudervoll · wudnervoll · wunddervoll · wunderovll · wunderrvoll · wundervlol · wundervol
  • wundervoller ← uwndervoller · wnudervoller · wudnervoller · wunddervoller · wunderovller · wunderrvoller · wundervloler · wundervolelr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "wundervoll" for "wundervoller" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈvʊndɐˌfɔl] versus [ˈvʊndɐˌfɔlɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "wundervoll" vs "wundervoller" - which ranks higher?
"wundervoll" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,790 in our German list, against #33,920 for "wundervoller". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "wundervoll" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wundervoller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,343,811 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "wundervoll" and "wundervoller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wundervoller vs wundervolles". 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 #1,343,811 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