Which to use
“Faches” is a noun and “frühes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,645
- “Faches” frequency rank
- #24,725
- “frühes” frequency rank
- 59370
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Faches | frühes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Fach | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs früh |
Where the eye mixes Faches and frühes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Faches (CVCCVC) and frühes (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: Faches vs frühes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Faches is [ˈfaxəs] while frühes is [ˈfʁyːəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Faches is recorded at frequency rank #34,645, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfaxəs]. frühes is at rank #24,725, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁyːəs].
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 59370, this pair ranks #827,064 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Faches vs frühes
Shared letters: efhs. Private to "Faches": ac. Private to "frühes": rü.
"Faches" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "frühes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Faches ← afches · facches · facehs · fachess · fachhes · fachse · fahces · fcahes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Faches" for "frühes" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Faches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frühes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #827,064 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Faches" and "frühes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Faches vs Fakes". 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 #827,064 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.