Which to use
“Dorf” is a noun and “dürfe” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,545
- “Dorf” frequency rank
- #7,900
- “dürfe” frequency rank
- 9445
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Dorf | dürfe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | kleine Siedlung, ländlicher Wohnort | 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dürfen |
Where the eye mixes Dorf and dürfe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Dorf is [dɔʁf] while dürfe is [ˈdʏʁfə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Dorf is recorded at frequency rank #1,545, classified as anoun, pronounced [dɔʁf]. dürfe is at rank #7,900, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈdʏʁfə].
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 9445, this pair ranks #1,979,913 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Dorf vs dürfe
Shared letters: dfr. Private to "Dorf": o. Private to "dürfe": eü.
"Dorf" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "dürfe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Dorf ← ddorf · dofr · dorff · dorrf · drof · odrf