Which to use
“farm” is a noun and “near” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,186
- “farm” frequency rank
- #33,730
- “near” frequency rank
- 42916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | farm | near |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Farm, Bauernhof | nahe |
Letter map: farm vs near
Shared letters muted; letters that set farm and near apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. farm (CVCC) and near (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for farm / near
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: farm is anoun and nearanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
farm is recorded at frequency rank #9,186, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. near is at rank #33,730, tagged as anadj, 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 42916, this pair ranks #1,434,451 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of farm vs near
Shared letters: ar. Private to "farm": fm. Private to "near": en.
"farm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "near" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "farm" and "near" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "farm" or "near" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "farm" and "near".
- Full dictionary entry for "farm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "near" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,434,451 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "farm" and "near" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "near 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 #1,434,451 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.