FeldervsfenderConfusable pair

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

#5,942
“Felder” frequency rank
#47,384
“fender” frequency rank
53326
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Felder fender
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Feld Fender

Letter map: Felder vs fender

Shared letters muted; letters that set Felder and fender apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Felder and fender follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Felder
6 ch
fender

Spelling & dictionary notes on Felder vs fender

Felder 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 differ by a single letter - l in “Felder” becomes n in “fender”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Felder is recorded at frequency rank #5,942, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɛldɐ]. 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 53326, this pair ranks #1,062,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Felder vs fender

Shared letters: defr. Private to "Felder": l. Private to "fender": n.

"Felder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "fender" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Felder ← eflder · fedler · feldder · felderr · feldre · feledr · fellder · ffelder
  • fender ← efnder · fedner · fendder · fenderr · fendre · fenedr · fennder · ffender

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Felder" and "fender" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - l in “Felder” becomes n in “fender”, 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 "Felder" or "fender" show up more?
"Felder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,942 in our German list, against #47,384 for "fender". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Felder" and "fender". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Felder" 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 #1,062,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Felder" 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 #1,062,403 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