fatavsveraTell them apart

Quick tell: fata is a noun, vera is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fata” is a noun and “vera” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,920
“fata” frequency rank
#8,302
“vera” frequency rank
54222
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fata vera
Definition die Fee wahr, regelrecht

Letter map: fata vs vera

Shared letters muted; letters that set fata and vera apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. fata and vera follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
fata
4 ch
vera

Part-of-speech tell for fata / vera

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fata is anoun and veraanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fata is recorded at frequency rank #45,920, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. vera is at rank #8,302, 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 54222, this pair ranks #1,027,354 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fata vs vera

Shared letters: a. Private to "fata": ft. Private to "vera": erv.

"fata" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "vera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fata ← afta · faat · fatta · ffata · ftaa
  • vera ← evra · vear · verra · vrea · vvera

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fata" and "vera" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fata" is a noun and "vera" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fata" or "vera"?
"vera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,302 in our German list, against #45,920 for "fata". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "fata" and "vera". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fata" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,027,354 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fata" and "vera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fata 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 #1,027,354 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