FackvsficktWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Fack is a noun, fickt is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#47,377
“Fack” frequency rank
#7,761
“fickt” frequency rank
55138
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fack fickt
Definition Fach in einem Schrank, Regal oder Kasten 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ficken

Letter map: Fack vs fickt

Shared letters muted; letters that set Fack and fickt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Fack runs 4 letters (CVCC) against fickt's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Fack
5 ch
fickt

Grammar separator: Fack vs fickt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Fack is anoun and ficktaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55138, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fack is recorded at frequency rank #47,377, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. fickt is at rank #7,761, tagged as averb, pronounced [fɪkt].

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 55138, this pair ranks #991,290 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Fack vs fickt

Shared letters: cfk. Private to "Fack": a. Private to "fickt": it.

"Fack" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "fickt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fack ← afck · facck · fackk · fakc · fcak · ffack
  • fickt ← fcikt · ffickt · ficckt · fickkt · ficktt · fictk · fikct · ifckt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Fack" and "fickt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Fack" is a noun and "fickt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Fack" or "fickt" show up more?
"fickt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,761 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Fack" and "fickt".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Fack" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fickt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #991,290 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fack" and "fickt" 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 #991,290 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list