Which to use
“Vogel” is a name and “vole” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,634
- “Vogel” frequency rank
- #45,158
- “vole” frequency rank
- 69792
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Vogel | vole |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname. | Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini. |
Letter map: Vogel vs vole
Shared letters muted; letters that set Vogel and vole apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Vogel runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against vole's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Vogel and vole
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Vogel is aname and voleanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Vogel is recorded at frequency rank #24,634, classified as aname. vole is at rank #45,158, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vəʊl/.
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 69792, this pair ranks #53,110 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Vogel vs vole
Shared letters: elov. Private to "Vogel": g. Private to "vole": -.
"Vogel" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "vole" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Vogel" and "vole" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Vogel" vs "vole" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "Vogel" and "vole". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Vogel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vole" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,110 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Vogel" and "vole" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vel vs vole". 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 #53,110 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.