Which to use
“fragment” is a noun and “fragten” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,134
- “fragment” frequency rank
- #15,090
- “fragten” frequency rank
- 38224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fragment | fragten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Splitter, Bruchstück, Fragment, Scherbe | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fragen |
Letter map: fragment vs fragten
Shared letters muted; letters that set fragment and fragten apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. fragment runs 8 letters (CCVCCVCC) against fragten's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for fragment / fragten
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fragment is anoun and fragtenaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fragment is recorded at frequency rank #23,134, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. fragten is at rank #15,090, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfʁaːktn̩].
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 38224, this pair ranks #1,569,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fragment vs fragten
Shared letters: aefgnrt. Private to "fragment": m. Private to "fragten": -.
"fragment" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "fragten" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fragment" and "fragten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fragment" or "fragten"?
Useful next steps
Pair "fragment" vs "fragten" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "fragment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fragten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,569,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fragment" and "fragten" 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
Confusion rank #1,569,581 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.