Which to use
“foods” and “health” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,879
- “foods” frequency rank
- #10,297
- “health” frequency rank
- 54176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foods | health |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs food | Gesundheit, Gesundheitszustand |
Letter map: foods vs health
Shared letters muted; letters that set foods and health apart highlighted. No shared letter run. foods runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against health's 6 (CVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on foods vs health
foods and health 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foods is recorded at frequency rank #43,879, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. health is at rank #10,297, 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 54176, this pair ranks #1,029,175 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foods vs health
Shared letters: none. Private to "foods": dfos. Private to "health": aehlt.
"foods" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "health" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "foods" for "health" ever safe?
Frequency check: "foods" vs "health" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "foods" and "health".
- Full dictionary entry for "foods" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "health" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,029,175 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foods" and "health" 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 #1,029,175 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.