Which to use
“famous” is an adjective and “of” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,158
- “famous” frequency rank
- #324
- “of” frequency rank
- 41482
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | famous | of |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bekannt, berühmt | von |
Letter map: famous vs of
Shared letters muted; letters that set famous and of apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - famous and of
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: famous is anadjective and ofapreposition. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
famous is recorded at frequency rank #41,158, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. of is at rank #324, tagged as aprep, 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 41482, this pair ranks #1,478,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of famous vs of
Shared letters: fo. Private to "famous": amsu. Private to "of": -.
"famous" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "of" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- famous ← afmous · fammous · famosu · famouss · famuos · faomus · ffamous · fmaous
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "famous" and "of" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "famous" or "of" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "famous" and "of".
- Full dictionary entry for "famous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "of" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,478,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "famous" and "of" 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 #1,478,061 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.