Feinde vs fender, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#3,729
“Feinde” frequency rank: #47,384
“fender” frequency rank: 51113
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Feinde	fender
Definition	Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Feind	Fender

Letter map: Feinde vs fender

Shared letters muted; letters that set Feinde and fender apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch

Feinde

6 ch

fender

Pair insight - Feinde / fender

Feinde and fender are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Feinde is recorded at frequency rank #3,729, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfaɪ̯ndə]. fender is at rank #47,384, tagged as anoun, 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 51113, this pair ranks #1,147,946 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Feinde vs fender

Shared letters: defn. Private to "Feinde": i. Private to "fender": r.

"Feinde" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "fender" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Feinde ← efinde · feidne · feindde · feined · feinnde · fenide · ffeinde · fiende
fender ← efnder · fedner · fendder · fenderr · fendre · fenedr · fennder · ffender

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Feinde" and "fender" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary German text, does "Feinde" or "fender" show up more?

"Feinde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,729 in our German list, against #47,384 for "fender". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "Feinde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "fender" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,147,946 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Feinde" and "fender" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fender 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 #1,147,946 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.