fairvsfataTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#3,310
“fair” frequency rank
#45,920
“fata” frequency rank
49230
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fair fata
Definition den Regeln, Richtlinien entsprechend die Fee

Letter map: fair vs fata

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

4 ch
fair
4 ch
fata

Grammar separator: fair vs fata

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fair is anadjective and fataanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fair is recorded at frequency rank #3,310, classified as anadj, pronounced [fɛːɐ̯]. 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 49230, this pair ranks #1,219,166 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fair vs fata

Shared letters: af. Private to "fair": ir. Private to "fata": t.

"fair" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "fata" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fair ← afir · fairr · fari · ffair · fiar
  • fata ← afta · faat · fatta · ffata · ftaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fair" and "fata" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fair" is an adjective and "fata" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fair" vs "fata" - which ranks higher?
"fair" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,310 in our German list, against #45,920 for "fata". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "fair" and "fata". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fair" 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 #1,219,166 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fair" 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 #1,219,166 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