FassadevsFassadenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Fassade” and “Fassaden” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,170
“Fassade” frequency rank
#16,699
“Fassaden” frequency rank
23869
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fassade Fassaden
Definition Vorderansicht eines Gebäudes Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Fassade

Where the eye mixes Fassade and Fassaden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Fassade runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against Fassaden's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Fassade
8 ch
Fassaden

Visual trap between Fassade and Fassaden

A purely visual mix-up. Fassade ([faˈsaːdə]) and Fassaden ([faˈsaːdn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Fassade” sits inside “Fassaden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fassade is recorded at frequency rank #7,170, classified as anoun, pronounced [faˈsaːdə]. Fassaden is at rank #16,699, tagged as anoun, pronounced [faˈsaːdn̩].

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 23869, this pair ranks #1,855,524 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Fassade vs Fassaden

Shared letters: adefs. Private to "Fassade": -. Private to "Fassaden": n.

"Fassade" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "Fassaden" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fassade ← afssade · fasade · fasasde · fassadde · fassaed · fassdae · faßade · ffassade
  • Fassaden ← afssaden · fasaden · fasasden · fassadden · fassadenn · fassadne · fassaedn · fassdaen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Fassade" and "Fassaden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([faˈsaːdə] versus [faˈsaːdn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Fassade" or "Fassaden"?
"Fassade" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,170 in our German list, against #16,699 for "Fassaden". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Fassade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fassaden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,855,524 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fassade" and "Fassaden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fassaden vs fassenden". 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 #1,855,524 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