Which to use
“Falter” and “Felder” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,818
- “Falter” frequency rank
- #5,942
- “Felder” frequency rank
- 19760
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Falter | Felder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vertreter einer artenreichen Ordnung der Insekten | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Feld |
Where the eye mixes Falter and Felder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Falter and Felder follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses Falter with Felder
A purely visual mix-up. Falter ([ˈfaltɐ]) and Felder ([ˈfɛldɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Falter is recorded at frequency rank #13,818, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfaltɐ]. Felder is at rank #5,942, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɛldɐ].
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 19760, this pair ranks #1,904,866 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Falter vs Felder
Shared letters: eflr. Private to "Falter": at. Private to "Felder": d.
"Falter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Felder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Falter" for "Felder" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Falter" or "Felder" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Falter" and "Felder" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Falter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Felder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,904,866 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Falter" and "Felder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Falter vs Färber". 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 #1,904,866 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.