Which to use
“famous” is an adjective and “food” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,158
- “famous” frequency rank
- #7,045
- “food” frequency rank
- 48203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | famous | food |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bekannt, berühmt | jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung |
Letter map: famous vs food
Shared letters muted; letters that set famous and food apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. famous runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against food's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for famous / food
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: famous is anadjective and foodanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
famous is recorded at frequency rank #41,158, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. food is at rank #7,045, 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 48203, this pair ranks #1,257,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of famous vs food
Shared letters: fo. Private to "famous": amsu. Private to "food": d.
"famous" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "famous" and "food" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "famous" vs "food" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "famous" and "food".
- Full dictionary entry for "famous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "food" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,257,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "famous" and "food" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "famous vs puzzles". 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 #1,257,113 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.