Which to use
“foods” and “long” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,879
- “foods” frequency rank
- #6,559
- “long” frequency rank
- 50438
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foods | long |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs food | Schiff |
Letter map: foods vs long
Shared letters muted; letters that set foods and long apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. foods runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against long's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - foods / long
foods and long 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 50438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foods is recorded at frequency rank #43,879, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. long is at rank #6,559, 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 50438, this pair ranks #1,173,707 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foods vs long
Shared letters: o. Private to "foods": dfs. Private to "long": gln.
"foods" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "long" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foods" and "long" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "foods" or "long"?
What to do next
Pair "foods" vs "long" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "foods" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "long" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,173,707 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foods" and "long" 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 #1,173,707 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.