Fack vs fake, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Fack” is a noun and “fake” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,377
“Fack” frequency rank: #5,080
“fake” frequency rank: 52457
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Fack	fake
Definition	Fach in einem Schrank, Regal oder Kasten	2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs faken

Letter map: Fack vs fake

Shared letters muted; letters that set Fack and fake apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch

Fack

4 ch

fake

Grammar separator: Fack vs fake

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Fack is anoun and fakeaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fack is recorded at frequency rank #47,377, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. fake is at rank #5,080, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfɛɪ̯kə].

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 52457, this pair ranks #1,096,144 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Fack vs fake

Shared letters: afk. Private to "Fack": c. Private to "fake": e.

"Fack" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fake" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

Fack ← afck · facck · fackk · fakc · fcak · ffack
fake ← afke · faek · fakke · ffake · fkae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Fack" for "fake" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Fack" is a noun and "fake" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Fack" or "fake"?

"fake" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,080 in our German list, against #47,377 for "Fack". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Fack" vs "fake" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "Fack" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "fake" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,096,144 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Fack" and "fake" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fack vs puzzles". 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 #1,096,144 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.