WürthvsyearWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Würth is a name, year is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Würth” is a name and “year” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,332
“Würth” frequency rank
#13,524
“year” frequency rank
53856
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Würth year
Definition deutscher Nachname, Familienname eine Dauer von 365 Tagen; Jahr

Letter map: Würth vs year

Shared letters muted; letters that set Würth and year apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Würth runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against year's 4 (VVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Würth
4 ch
year

Grammar separator: Würth vs year

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Würth is aname and yearanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Würth is recorded at frequency rank #40,332, classified as aname, pronounced […]. year is at rank #13,524, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 53856, this pair ranks #1,041,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Würth vs year

Shared letters: r. Private to "Würth": htwü. Private to "year": aey.

"Würth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "year" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • year ← eyar · yaer · yearr · yera · yyear

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Würth" for "year" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Würth" is a name and "year" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Würth" or "year"?
"year" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,524 in our German list, against #40,332 for "Würth". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Würth" and "year". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Würth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "year" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,041,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Würth" and "year" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Würth". 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 #1,041,670 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