Which to use
“Falke” is a noun and “falls” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,569
- “Falke” frequency rank
- #698
- “falls” frequency rank
- 20267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Falke | falls |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mittelgroßer, zum Teil auch kleiner Raubvogel aus der Familie der Falkenartigen | für den Fall, dass …; unter der Bedingung, dass … |
Where the eye mixes Falke and falls
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Falke vs falls
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Falke is [ˈfalkə] while falls is [fals]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs conjunction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Falke is recorded at frequency rank #19,569, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfalkə]. falls is at rank #698, tagged as aconj, pronounced [fals].
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 20267, this pair ranks #1,899,534 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Falke vs falls
Shared letters: afl. Private to "Falke": ek. Private to "falls": s.
"Falke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "falls" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Falke" for "falls" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Falke" vs "falls" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Falke" and "falls" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Falke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "falls" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,899,534 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Falke" and "falls" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Falke vs Felge". 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 #1,899,534 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.