Which to use
“food” and “foods” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,045
- “food” frequency rank
- #43,879
- “foods” frequency rank
- 50924
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | food | foods |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung | Plural des Substantivs food |
Letter map: food vs foods
Shared letters muted; letters that set food and foods apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. food runs 4 letters (CVVC) against foods's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - food / foods
food and foods are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “food” sits inside “foods”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50924, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
food is recorded at frequency rank #7,045, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. foods is at rank #43,879, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 50924, this pair ranks #1,155,181 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of food vs foods
Shared letters: dfo. Private to "food": -. Private to "foods": s.
"food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "foods" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "food" and "foods" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "food" or "foods" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "food" and "foods".
- Full dictionary entry for "food" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "foods" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,155,181 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "food" and "foods" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foods 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 #1,155,181 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.