Which to use
“foods” and “Fötus” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,879
- “foods” frequency rank
- #29,134
- “Fötus” frequency rank
- 73013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foods | Fötus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs food | Embryo ab dem dritten Monat einer Schwangerschaft |
Letter map: foods vs Fötus
Shared letters muted; letters that set foods and Fötus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. foods (CVVCC) and Fötus (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Pair insight - foods / Fötus
foods and Fötus 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foods is recorded at frequency rank #43,879, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Fötus is at rank #29,134, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈføːtʊs].
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 73013, this pair ranks #372,143 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of foods vs Fötus
Shared letters: fs. Private to "foods": do. Private to "Fötus": tuö.
"foods" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "Fötus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- foods ← ffoods · fodos · fods · foodds · foodss · foosd · ofods
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foods" and "Fötus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "foods" or "Fötus"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "foods" and "Fötus".
- Full dictionary entry for "foods" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Fötus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,143 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foods" and "Fötus" 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 #372,143 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.