Which to use
“far” is a noun and “fürn” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,418
- “far” frequency rank
- #16,708
- “fürn” frequency rank
- 33126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | far | fürn |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vater | Kontraktion aus „für“ und „den“, wobei „den“ Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum des Definitartikels ist |
Where the eye mixes far and fürn
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: far is [faː] while fürn is [fyːɐ̯n]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs abbrev), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
far is recorded at frequency rank #16,418, classified as anoun, pronounced [faː]. fürn is at rank #16,708, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [fyːɐ̯n].
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 33126, this pair ranks #1,692,729 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of far vs fürn
Shared letters: fr. Private to "far": a. Private to "fürn": nü.
"far" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "fürn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC