Which to use
“fällt” and “füllt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #714
- “fällt” frequency rank
- #9,722
- “füllt” frequency rank
- 10436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fällt | füllt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fallen | 2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs füllen |
Where the eye mixes fällt and füllt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. fällt ([fɛlt]) and füllt ([fʏlt]) 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 a single letter - ä in “fällt” becomes ü in “füllt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fällt is recorded at frequency rank #714, classified as averb, pronounced [fɛlt]. füllt is at rank #9,722, tagged as averb, pronounced [fʏlt].
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 10436, this pair ranks #1,975,147 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fällt vs füllt
Shared letters: flt. Private to "fällt": ä. Private to "füllt": ü.
"fällt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "füllt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC