Which to use
“Fock” is a noun and “Föhr” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,895
- “Fock” frequency rank
- #45,948
- “Föhr” frequency rank
- 94843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Fock | Föhr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ein kleineres Vorsegel, welches am Mast nicht überlappt; auf Yachten wird es bei Starkwind statt einer Genua angeschlagen | eine nordfriesische Insel vor der Westküste Schleswig-Holsteins |
Where the eye mixes Fock and Föhr
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. Fock and Föhr follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Fock vs Föhr
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Fock is [fɔk] while Föhr is [føːɐ̯]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Fock is recorded at frequency rank #48,895, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɔk]. Föhr is at rank #45,948, tagged as aname, pronounced [føːɐ̯].
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 94843, this pair ranks #14,556 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Fock vs Föhr
Shared letters: f. Private to "Fock": cko. Private to "Föhr": hrö.
"Fock" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Föhr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Fock ← fcok · ffock · focck · fockk · fokc · ofck
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Fock" and "Föhr" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Fock" or "Föhr" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Fock" and "Föhr" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Fock" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Föhr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,556 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Fock" and "Föhr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fack vs Fock". 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 #14,556 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.