Which to use
“feste” is an adjective and “fügte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,372
- “feste” frequency rank
- #9,198
- “fügte” frequency rank
- 12570
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feste | fügte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs fest | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fügen |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set feste and fügte apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feste is [ˈfɛstə] while fügte is [ˈfyːktə]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12570, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feste is recorded at frequency rank #3,372, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfɛstə]. fügte is at rank #9,198, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfyːktə].
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 12570, this pair ranks #1,963,385 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of feste vs fügte
Shared letters: eft. Private to "feste": s. Private to "fügte": gü.
"feste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fügte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- feste ← efste · feset · fesste · festte · fetse · ffeste · fsete