Which to use
“food” is a noun and “united” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,045
- “food” frequency rank
- #6,115
- “united” frequency rank
- 13160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | food | united |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs unite |
Letter map: food vs united
Shared letters muted; letters that set food and united apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. food runs 4 letters (CVVC) against united's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - food and united
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: food is anoun and unitedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
food is recorded at frequency rank #7,045, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. united is at rank #6,115, tagged as averb, 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 13160, this pair ranks #1,959,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of food vs united
Shared letters: d. Private to "food": fo. Private to "united": eintu.
"food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "united" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "food" and "united" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "food" vs "united" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "food" and "united".
- Full dictionary entry for "food" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "united" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,959,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "food" and "united" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "food 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 #1,959,745 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.