FackvsveraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Fack is a noun, vera is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#47,377
“Fack” frequency rank
#8,302
“vera” frequency rank
55679
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fack vera
Definition Fach in einem Schrank, Regal oder Kasten wahr, regelrecht

Letter map: Fack vs vera

Shared letters muted; letters that set Fack and vera apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Fack (CVCC) and vera (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Fack
4 ch
vera

Role in the sentence - Fack and vera

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Fack is anoun and veraanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fack is recorded at frequency rank #47,377, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. vera is at rank #8,302, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].

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 55679, this pair ranks #970,129 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Fack vs vera

Shared letters: a. Private to "Fack": cfk. Private to "vera": erv.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fack ← afck · facck · fackk · fakc · fcak · ffack
  • vera ← evra · vear · verra · vrea · vvera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Fack" for "vera" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Fack" is a noun and "vera" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Fack" or "vera"?
"vera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,302 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.

What to do next

You've compared "Fack" and "vera". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Fack" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #970,129 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fack" and "vera" 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 #970,129 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