Which to use
“foods” and “prince” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,879
- “foods” frequency rank
- #12,149
- “prince” frequency rank
- 56028
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foods | prince |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs food | Prinz |
Letter map: foods vs prince
Shared letters muted; letters that set foods and prince apart highlighted. No shared letter run. foods runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against prince's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on foods vs prince
foods and prince 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 56028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foods is recorded at frequency rank #43,879, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. prince is at rank #12,149, 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 56028, this pair ranks #956,435 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foods vs prince
Shared letters: none. Private to "foods": dfos. Private to "prince": ceinpr.
"foods" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "prince" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foods" and "prince" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "foods" or "prince"?
After this comparison
You've compared "foods" and "prince". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "foods" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prince" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #956,435 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foods" and "prince" 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 #956,435 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.