Which to use
“feet” is a noun and “Frey” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,651
- “feet” frequency rank
- #11,234
- “Frey” frequency rank
- 45885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feet | Frey |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs foot | deutscher Nachname, Familienname |
Where the eye mixes feet and Frey
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. feet (CVVC) and Frey (CCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: feet vs Frey
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feet is [fiːt] while Frey is [fʁaɪ̯]. 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 name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feet is recorded at frequency rank #34,651, classified as anoun, pronounced [fiːt]. Frey is at rank #11,234, tagged as aname, pronounced [fʁaɪ̯].
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 45885, this pair ranks #1,337,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feet vs Frey
Shared letters: ef. Private to "feet": t. Private to "Frey": ry.
"feet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Frey" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feet" and "Frey" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "feet" or "Frey" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "feet" and "Frey" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "feet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Frey" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,337,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feet" and "Frey" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feet vs fist". 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 #1,337,840 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.