Which to use
“Fähre” is a noun and “faire” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,659
- “Fähre” frequency rank
- #9,714
- “faire” frequency rank
- 20373
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Fähre | faire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | spezielles Schiff, das der (gewerbsmäßigen) Beförderung von Personen und/oder Transportmitteln von Ufer zu Ufer dient | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair |
Same sound, different letters: Fähre vs faire
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. Fähre (CVCCV) and faire (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: Fähre vs faire
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: Fähre and faire carry the same recorded pronunciation, [ˈfɛːʁə]. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Fähre is recorded at frequency rank #10,659, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɛːʁə]. faire is at rank #9,714, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɛːʁə].
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 20373, this pair ranks #1,898,389 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Fähre vs faire
Shared letters: efr. Private to "Fähre": hä. Private to "faire": ai.
"Fähre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "faire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- faire ← afire · faier · fairre · farie · ffaire · fiare
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Fähre" and "faire" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Fähre" vs "faire" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "Fähre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,898,389 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Fähre" and "faire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faire vs friere". 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 #1,898,389 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.