farmvsfürsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: farm is a noun, fürs is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“farm” is a noun and “fürs” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,186
“farm” frequency rank
#1,292
“fürs” frequency rank
10478
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature farm fürs
Definition Farm, Bauernhof für das

Letter map: farm vs fürs

Shared letters muted; letters that set farm and fürs apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
farm
4 ch
fürs

Role in the sentence - farm and fürs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: farm is anoun and fürsanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

farm is recorded at frequency rank #9,186, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. fürs is at rank #1,292, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [fyːɐ̯s].

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 10478, this pair ranks #1,974,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of farm vs fürs

Shared letters: fr. Private to "farm": am. Private to "fürs": .

"farm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "fürs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • farmafrm · famr · farmm · farrm · ffarm · fram

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "farm" and "fürs" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "farm" is a noun and "fürs" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "farm" vs "fürs" - which ranks higher?
"fürs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,292 in our German list, against #9,186 for "farm". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "farm" and "fürs".

  • Full dictionary entry for "farm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fürs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,974,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "farm" and "fürs" 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 #1,974,921 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list