fgvsfragWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: fg is a abbrev, frag is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fg” is an abbrev and “frag” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,571
“fg” frequency rank
#2,498
“frag” frequency rank
22069
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fg frag
Definition fieses oder freches Grinsen 2. Person Singular Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs fragen

Letter map: fg vs frag

Shared letters muted; letters that set fg and frag apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch
fg
4 ch
frag

Grammar separator: fg vs frag

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fg is anabbrev and fragaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fg is recorded at frequency rank #19,571, classified as anabbrev. frag is at rank #2,498, tagged as averb, pronounced [fʁaːk].

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 22069, this pair ranks #1,878,731 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fg vs frag

Shared letters: fg. Private to "fg": -. Private to "frag": ar.

"fg" · 2 letters · shape CC  ·  "frag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fragfarg · ffrag · fragg · frga · frrag · rfag

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fg" for "frag" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fg" is an abbrev and "frag" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fg" or "frag"?
"frag" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,498 in our German list, against #19,571 for "fg". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "fg" and "frag". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fg" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "frag" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,878,731 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fg" and "frag" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fay vs fg". 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 #1,878,731 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