Which to use
“Fässern” is a noun and “fesseln” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,825
- “Fässern” frequency rank
- #11,428
- “fesseln” frequency rank
- 53253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Fässern | fesseln |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dativ Plural des Substantivs Fass | jemanden (an etwas) festbinden und damit bewegungsunfähig machen |
Where the eye mixes Fässern and fesseln
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Fässern and fesseln follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Fässern vs fesseln
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Fässern is [ˈfɛsɐn] while fesseln is [ˈfɛsl̩n]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Fässern is recorded at frequency rank #41,825, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɛsɐn]. fesseln is at rank #11,428, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfɛsl̩n].
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 53253, this pair ranks #1,065,191 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Fässern vs fesseln
Shared letters: efns. Private to "Fässern": rä. Private to "fesseln": l.
"Fässern" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "fesseln" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fesseln ← efsseln · feseln · fesesln · fesselln · fesselnn · fessenl · fesslen · feßeln
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Fässern" and "fesseln" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Fässern" or "fesseln" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Fässern" and "fesseln" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Fässern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fesseln" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,065,191 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Fässern" and "fesseln" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fässern vs fassten". 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 #1,065,191 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.