forderevsFördererWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: fordere is a verb, Förderer is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fordere” is a verb and “Förderer” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,430
“fordere” frequency rank
#16,432
“Förderer” frequency rank
27862
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fordere Förderer
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fordern Person oder Organisation, die etwas oder jemanden fördert

Where the eye mixes fordere and Förderer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fordere runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against Förderer's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
fordere
8 ch
Förderer

Look-alike desk: fordere vs Förderer

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fordere is [ˈfɔʁdəʁə] while Förderer is [ˈfœʁdəʁɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fordere is recorded at frequency rank #11,430, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfɔʁdəʁə]. Förderer is at rank #16,432, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfœʁdəʁɐ].

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 27862, this pair ranks #1,794,617 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fordere vs Förderer

Shared letters: defr. Private to "fordere": o. Private to "Förderer": ö.

"fordere" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "Förderer" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fordereffordere · fodrere · forddere · fordeer · forderre · fordree · foredre · forrdere

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fordere" for "Förderer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fordere" is a verb and "Förderer" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fordere" or "Förderer"?
"fordere" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,430 in our German list, against #16,432 for "Förderer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fordere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Förderer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,794,617 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fordere" and "Förderer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fordere vs friere". 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 #1,794,617 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list