Which to use
“family” and “secretary” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,759
- “family” frequency rank
- #48,473
- “secretary” frequency rank
- 56232
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | family | secretary |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Familie | Sekretär, Schreibkraft |
Letter map: family vs secretary
Shared letters muted; letters that set family and secretary apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. family runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against secretary's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: family and secretary
family and secretary are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
family is recorded at frequency rank #7,759, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. secretary is at rank #48,473, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 56232, this pair ranks #948,243 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of family vs secretary
Shared letters: ay. Private to "family": film. Private to "secretary": cerst.
"family" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "secretary" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "family" and "secretary" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "family" vs "secretary" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "family" and "secretary". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "family" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "secretary" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #948,243 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "family" and "secretary" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs secretary". 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 #948,243 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.