FahrersvsfairesWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#27,285
“Fahrers” frequency rank
#29,118
“faires” frequency rank
56403
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fahrers faires
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Fahrer Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fair

Where the eye mixes Fahrers and faires

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
Fahrers
6 ch
faires

Look-alike desk: Fahrers vs faires

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Fahrers is [ˈfaːʁɐs] while faires is [ˈfɛːʁəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fahrers is recorded at frequency rank #27,285, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfaːʁɐs]. faires is at rank #29,118, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɛːʁəs].

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 56403, this pair ranks #941,538 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Fahrers vs faires

Shared letters: aefrs. Private to "Fahrers": h. Private to "faires": i.

"Fahrers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "faires" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fahrersafhrers · faherrs · fahhrers · fahrerrs · fahrerss · fahresr · fahrrers · fahrres
  • fairesafires · faiers · fairess · fairres · fairse · faries · ffaires · fiares

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Fahrers" and "faires" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Fahrers" is a noun and "faires" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Fahrers" or "faires" show up more?
"Fahrers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,285 in our German list, against #29,118 for "faires". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Fahrers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "faires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #941,538 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fahrers" and "faires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faires vs fairy". 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 #941,538 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