fragen vs fragment, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#312
“fragen” frequency rank: #23,134
“fragment” frequency rank: 23446
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fragen	fragment
Definition	eine Auskunft erbitten, um eine Auskunft bitten, eine Frage stellen	Splitter, Bruchstück, Fragment, Scherbe

Letter map: fragen vs fragment

Shared letters muted; letters that set fragen and fragment apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

6 ch

fragen

8 ch

fragment

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fragen is averb and fragmentanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fragen is recorded at frequency rank #312, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfʁaːɡn̩]. fragment is at rank #23,134, 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 23446, this pair ranks #1,861,217 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fragen vs fragment

Shared letters: aefgnr. Private to "fragen": -. Private to "fragment": mt.

"fragen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "fragment" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

fragen ← fargen · ffragen · fraegn · fragenn · fraggen · fragne · frgaen · frragen
fragment ← fargment · ffragment · fragemnt · fraggment · fragmennt · fragmentt · fragmetn · fragmment

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fragen" and "fragment" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fragen" is a verb and "fragment" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "fragen" or "fragment"?

"fragen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #312 in our German list, against #23,134 for "fragment". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "fragen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "fragment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,861,217 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"fragen" and "fragment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fragment 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

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