Which to use
“farm” is a noun and “fast” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,186
- “farm” frequency rank
- #243
- “fast” frequency rank
- 9429
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | farm | fast |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Farm, Bauernhof | nicht ganz |
Letter map: farm vs fast
Shared letters muted; letters that set farm and fast apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for farm / fast
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: farm is anoun and fastanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
farm is recorded at frequency rank #9,186, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. fast is at rank #243, tagged as anadv, pronounced [fast].
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 9429, this pair ranks #1,979,978 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of farm vs fast
Shared letters: af. Private to "farm": mr. Private to "fast": st.
"farm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fast" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "farm" and "fast" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "farm" vs "fast" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "farm" vs "fast" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "farm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fast" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,979,978 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "farm" and "fast" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "farm 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 #1,979,978 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.