fingersvsKrassenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: fingers is a verb, Krassen is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fingers” is a verb and “Krassen” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,771
“fingers” frequency rank
#17,634
“Krassen” frequency rank
53405
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fingers Krassen
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs finger weiblicher Vorname

Letter map: fingers vs Krassen

Shared letters muted; letters that set fingers and Krassen apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. fingers (CVCCVCC) and Krassen (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
fingers
7 ch
Krassen

Grammar separator: fingers vs Krassen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fingers is averb and Krassenaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fingers is recorded at frequency rank #35,771, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Krassen is at rank #17,634, tagged as aname, 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 53405, this pair ranks #1,059,299 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fingers vs Krassen

Shared letters: enrs. Private to "fingers": fgi. Private to "Krassen": ak.

"fingers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "Krassen" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fingersffingers · figners · finegrs · fingerrs · fingerss · fingesr · finggers · fingres
  • Krassenkarssen · kkrassen · krasen · krasesn · krassenn · krassne · kraßen · krrassen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fingers" for "Krassen" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fingers" is a verb and "Krassen" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "fingers" or "Krassen" show up more?
"Krassen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,634 in our German list, against #35,771 for "fingers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fingers" and "Krassen".

  • Full dictionary entry for "fingers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Krassen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,059,299 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fingers" and "Krassen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fingers 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 #1,059,299 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