Which to use
“wundervollen” and “wundervolles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,193
- “wundervollen” frequency rank
- #31,380
- “wundervolles” frequency rank
- 48573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wundervollen | wundervolles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wundervoll | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wundervoll |
Where the eye mixes wundervollen and wundervolles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. wundervollen and wundervolles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between wundervollen and wundervolles
A purely visual mix-up. wundervollen ([ˈvʊndɐˌfɔlən]) and wundervolles ([ˈvʊndɐˌfɔləs]) 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 - n in “wundervollen” becomes s in “wundervolles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wundervollen is recorded at frequency rank #17,193, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvʊndɐˌfɔlən]. wundervolles is at rank #31,380, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈvʊndɐˌfɔləs].
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 48573, this pair ranks #1,243,504 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wundervollen vs wundervolles
Shared letters: delnoruvw. Private to "wundervollen": -. Private to "wundervolles": s.
"wundervollen" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVC · "wundervolles" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- wundervollen ← uwndervollen · wnudervollen · wudnervollen · wunddervollen · wunderovllen · wunderrvollen · wundervlolen · wundervoleln
- wundervolles ← uwndervolles · wnudervolles · wudnervolles · wunddervolles · wunderovlles · wunderrvolles · wundervloles · wundervolels
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "wundervollen" and "wundervolles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "wundervollen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wundervolles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,243,504 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wundervollen" and "wundervolles" 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 #1,243,504 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.