Which to use
“fischt” is a verb and “Furcht” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,605
- “fischt” frequency rank
- #8,055
- “Furcht” frequency rank
- 52660
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fischt | Furcht |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fischen | Emotion angesichts drohender Gefahr |
Where the eye mixes fischt and Furcht
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fischt and Furcht follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between fischt and Furcht
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fischt is [fɪʃt] while Furcht is [fʊʁçt]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fischt is recorded at frequency rank #44,605, classified as averb, pronounced [fɪʃt]. Furcht is at rank #8,055, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fʊʁçt].
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 52660, this pair ranks #1,088,218 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fischt vs Furcht
Shared letters: cfht. Private to "fischt": is. Private to "Furcht": ru.
"fischt" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCC · "Furcht" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fischt" for "Furcht" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fischt" vs "Furcht" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fischt" and "Furcht" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fischt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Furcht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,088,218 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fischt" and "Furcht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fischt vs fist". 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 #1,088,218 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.