Which to use
“flag” and “Frage” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,919
- “flag” frequency rank
- #251
- “Frage” frequency rank
- 21170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | flag | Frage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Flagge, Fahne | Äußerung, die Antwort oder Klärung verlangt; Aufforderung zur Antwort |
Where the eye mixes flag and Frage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. flag runs 4 letters (CCVC) against Frage's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: flag vs Frage
A purely visual mix-up. flag ([flæɡ]) and Frage ([ˈfʁaːɡə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
flag is recorded at frequency rank #20,919, classified as anoun, pronounced [flæɡ]. Frage is at rank #251, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʁaːɡə].
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 21170, this pair ranks #1,889,370 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of flag vs Frage
Shared letters: afg. Private to "flag": l. Private to "Frage": er.
"flag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Frage" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "flag" and "Frage" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "flag" or "Frage" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "flag" and "Frage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "flag" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Frage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,889,370 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "flag" and "Frage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flag vs flame". 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 #1,889,370 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.