Which to use
“food” is a noun and “she's” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,045
- “food” frequency rank
- #48,483
- “she's” frequency rank
- 55528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | food | she's |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung | she is: sie ist |
Letter map: food vs she's
Shared letters muted; letters that set food and she's apart highlighted. No shared letter run. food (CVVC) and she's (CCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: food vs she's
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: food is anoun and she'sanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
food is recorded at frequency rank #7,045, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. she's is at rank #48,483, tagged as anabbrev, 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 55528, this pair ranks #976,078 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of food vs she's
Shared letters: none. Private to "food": dfo. Private to "she's": ehs.
"food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "she's" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- food ← ffood · fod · fodo · foodd · ofod
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "food" and "she's" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "food" vs "she's" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "food" vs "she's" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "food" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "she's" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #976,078 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "food" and "she's" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs she's". 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 #976,078 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.