Which to use
“fairy” and “fury” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,134
- “fairy” frequency rank
- #31,558
- “fury” frequency rank
- 79692
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fairy | fury |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Fee | Wut, Rage, (Raserei) |
Where the eye mixes fairy and fury
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fairy runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against fury's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between fairy and fury
A purely visual mix-up. fairy ([ˈfɛəɹɪ]) and fury ([ˈfjʊəri]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fairy is recorded at frequency rank #48,134, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɛəɹɪ]. fury is at rank #31,558, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfjʊəri].
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 79692, this pair ranks #211,112 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fairy vs fury
Shared letters: fry. Private to "fairy": ai. Private to "fury": u.
"fairy" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "fury" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fairy" and "fury" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fairy" or "fury"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fairy" and "fury" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fairy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fury" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #211,112 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fairy" and "fury" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fairy vs firm". 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 #211,112 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.