fotovsiiWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: foto is a noun, ii is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“foto” is a noun and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#812
“foto” frequency rank
#520
“ii” frequency rank
1332
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature foto ii
Definition Licht Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is

Letter map: foto vs ii

Shared letters muted; letters that set foto and ii apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

4 ch
foto
2 ch
ii

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foto is anoun and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

foto is recorded at frequency rank #812, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, 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 1332, this pair ranks #2,004,534 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of foto vs ii

Shared letters: none. Private to "foto": fot. Private to "ii": i.

"foto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fotoffoto · fotto · ftoo · ofto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "foto" and "ii" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "foto" is a noun and "ii" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "foto" or "ii"?
"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #520 in our German list, against #812 for "foto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list