fahrvsfataTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#5,361
“fahr” frequency rank
#45,920
“fata” frequency rank
51281
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fahr fata
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fahren die Fee

Letter map: fahr vs fata

Shared letters muted; letters that set fahr and fata apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. fahr (CVCC) and fata (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
fahr
4 ch
fata

Part-of-speech tell for fahr / fata

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fahr is averb and fataanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fahr is recorded at frequency rank #5,361, classified as averb, pronounced [faːɐ̯]. fata is at rank #45,920, tagged as anoun, 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 51281, this pair ranks #1,141,485 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fahr vs fata

Shared letters: af. Private to "fahr": hr. Private to "fata": t.

"fahr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "fata" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fahrafhr · fahhr · fahrr · farh · ffahr · fhar
  • fataafta · faat · fatta · ffata · ftaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fahr" and "fata" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fahr" is a verb and "fata" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "fahr" or "fata" show up more?
"fahr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,361 in our German list, against #45,920 for "fata". 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 "fahr" and "fata".

  • Full dictionary entry for "fahr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fata" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,141,485 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fahr" and "fata" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fata 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 #1,141,485 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