Which to use
“darf” and “dürft” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #293
- “darf” frequency rank
- #10,457
- “dürft” frequency rank
- 10750
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | darf | dürft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dürfen | 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dürfen |
Where the eye mixes darf and dürft
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. darf ([daʁf]) and dürft ([dʏʁft]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
darf is recorded at frequency rank #293, classified as averb, pronounced [daʁf]. dürft is at rank #10,457, tagged as averb, pronounced [dʏʁft].
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 10750, this pair ranks #1,973,519 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of darf vs dürft
Shared letters: dfr. Private to "darf": a. Private to "dürft": tü.
"darf" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "dürft" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- darf ← adrf · dafr · darff · darrf · ddarf · draf