FallevsFallesWhich spelling fits?

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“Falle” and “Falles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,726
“Falle” frequency rank
#19,208
“Falles” frequency rank
20934
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Falle Falles
Definition Vorrichtung zum Fangen von Wildtieren Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Fall

Where the eye mixes Falle and Falles

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

5 ch
Falle
6 ch
Falles

Look-alike desk: Falle vs Falles

A purely visual mix-up. Falle ([ˈfalə]) and Falles ([ˈfaləs]) 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 extra letter(s) - “Falle” sits inside “Falles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Falle is recorded at frequency rank #1,726, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfalə]. Falles is at rank #19,208, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfaləs].

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 20934, this pair ranks #1,892,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Falle vs Falles

Shared letters: aefl. Private to "Falle": -. Private to "Falles": s.

"Falle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Falles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Falleaflle · fale · falel · ffalle · flale
  • Fallesaflles · falels · fales · falless · fallse · ffalles · flales

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Falle" and "Falles" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfalə] versus [ˈfaləs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Falle" vs "Falles" - which ranks higher?
"Falle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,726 in our German list, against #19,208 for "Falles". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Falle" and "Falles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Falle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Falles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,892,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Falle" and "Falles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fakes vs Falles". 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 #1,892,061 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