folvsFolgeTell them apart

Quick tell: fol is a verb, Folge is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fol” is a verb and “Folge” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,656
“fol” frequency rank
#487
“Folge” frequency rank
35143
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fol Folge
Definition 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv des Verbs flas ‚sprechen, reden‘ Ergebnis oder Wirkung einer Handlung oder eines Geschehens

Letter map: fol vs Folge

Shared letters muted; letters that set fol and Folge apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
fol
5 ch
Folge

Part-of-speech tell for fol / Folge

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fol is averb and Folgeanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “fol” sits inside “Folge”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fol is recorded at frequency rank #34,656, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Folge is at rank #487, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɔlɡə].

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 35143, this pair ranks #1,647,041 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fol vs Folge

Shared letters: flo. Private to "fol": -. Private to "Folge": eg.

"fol" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Folge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Folgeffolge · floge · fogle · foleg · folgge · follge · oflge

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fol" and "Folge" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fol" is a verb and "Folge" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fol" or "Folge"?
"Folge" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #487 in our German list, against #34,656 for "fol". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fol" and "Folge".

  • Full dictionary entry for "fol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Folge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,647,041 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fol" and "Folge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fol 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 #1,647,041 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