fragmentvstoreTell them apart

Which to use

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

#23,134
“fragment” frequency rank
#2,414
“tore” frequency rank
25548
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fragment tore
Definition Splitter, Bruchstück, Fragment, Scherbe Vulva

Letter map: fragment vs tore

Shared letters muted; letters that set fragment and tore apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

8 ch
fragment
4 ch
tore

Corpus notes: fragment and tore

fragment and tore 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 differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fragment is recorded at frequency rank #23,134, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tore is at rank #2,414, 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 25548, this pair ranks #1,831,586 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fragment vs tore

Shared letters: ert. Private to "fragment": afgmn. Private to "tore": o.

"fragment" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC  ·  "tore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fragmentfargment · ffragment · fragemnt · fraggment · fragmennt · fragmentt · fragmetn · fragmment
  • toreotre · toer · troe · ttore

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fragment" for "tore" ever safe?
No. They differ by 4 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "fragment" vs "tore" - which ranks higher?
"tore" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,414 in our German list, against #23,134 for "fragment". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "fragment" and "tore". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fragment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,831,586 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fragment" and "tore" 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 #1,831,586 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