fragment vs property, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“fragment” and “property” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,134
“fragment” frequency rank: #33,768
“property” frequency rank: 56902
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fragment	property
Definition	Splitter, Bruchstück, Fragment, Scherbe	das Eigentum, der Besitz

Letter map: fragment vs property

Shared letters muted; letters that set fragment and property apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. fragment (CCVCCVCC) and property (CCVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch

fragment

8 ch

property

Pair insight - fragment / property

fragment and property 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 share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fragment is recorded at frequency rank #23,134, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. property is at rank #33,768, 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 56902, this pair ranks #922,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fragment vs property

Shared letters: ert. Private to "fragment": afgmn. Private to "property": opy.

"fragment" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "property" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

fragment ← fargment · ffragment · fragemnt · fraggment · fragmennt · fragmentt · fragmetn · fragmment
property ← porperty · pproperty · proeprty · properrty · propertty · propertyy · properyt · propetry

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary German text, does "fragment" or "property" show up more?

"fragment" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,134 in our German list, against #33,768 for "property". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "fragment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "property" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #922,293 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"fragment" and "property" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "property 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 #922,293 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.