FleischvsFleischesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Fleisch” and “Fleisches” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,844
“Fleisch” frequency rank
#34,094
“Fleisches” frequency rank
35938
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Fleisch Fleisches
Definition Muskel- und häufig auch Fettgewebe Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Fleisch

Where the eye mixes Fleisch and Fleisches

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
Fleisch
9 ch
Fleisches

Look-alike desk: Fleisch vs Fleisches

A purely visual mix-up. Fleisch ([flaɪ̯ʃ]) and Fleisches ([ˈflaɪ̯ʃəs]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “Fleisch” sits inside “Fleisches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Fleisch is recorded at frequency rank #1,844, classified as anoun, pronounced [flaɪ̯ʃ]. Fleisches is at rank #34,094, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈflaɪ̯ʃəs].

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 35938, this pair ranks #1,627,889 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Fleisch vs Fleisches

Shared letters: cefhils. Private to "Fleisch": -. Private to "Fleisches": -.

"Fleisch" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC  ·  "Fleisches" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Fleischfelisch · ffleisch · fleicsh · fleiscch · fleischh · fleishc · fleissch · flesich
  • Fleischesfelisches · ffleisches · fleicshes · fleiscches · fleiscehs · fleischess · fleischhes · fleischse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Fleisch" for "Fleisches" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([flaɪ̯ʃ] versus [ˈflaɪ̯ʃəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Fleisch" vs "Fleisches" - which ranks higher?
"Fleisch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,844 in our German list, against #34,094 for "Fleisches". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Fleisch" and "Fleisches" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Fleisch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fleisches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,627,889 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Fleisch" and "Fleisches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fleischer vs Fleisches". 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 #1,627,889 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