Which to use
“fey” is an adjective and “für” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,868
- “fey” frequency rank
- #16
- “für” frequency rank
- 43884
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fey | für |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (aus dem schottischen) todgeweiht | etwas oder jemand ist an etwas jemanden gerichtet, bestimmt, zugeordnet |
Letter map: fey vs für
Shared letters muted; letters that set fey and für apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for fey / für
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fey is anadjective and fürapreposition. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fey is recorded at frequency rank #43,868, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. für is at rank #16, tagged as aprep, pronounced [fyːɐ̯].
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 43884, this pair ranks #1,403,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fey vs für
Shared letters: f. Private to "fey": ey. Private to "für": rü.
"fey" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "für" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "fey" and "für". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "fey" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "für" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,403,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fey" and "für" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fey vs puzzles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,403,892 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.