Which to use
“Freitag” is a noun and “freitags” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,055
- “Freitag” frequency rank
- #9,721
- “freitags” frequency rank
- 10776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Freitag | freitags |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fünfter Wochentag gemäß ISO 8601; sechster Wochentag nach jüdischer, christlicher und islamischer Zählung; Tag zwischen Donnerstag und Samstag | jeweils am Freitag, an Freitagen |
Where the eye mixes Freitag and freitags
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Freitag with freitags
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Freitag is [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌtaːk] while freitags is [ˈfʁaɪ̯taːks]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Freitag” sits inside “freitags”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Freitag is recorded at frequency rank #1,055, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌtaːk]. freitags is at rank #9,721, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˈfʁaɪ̯taːks].
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 10776, this pair ranks #1,973,379 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Freitag vs freitags
Shared letters: aefgirt. Private to "Freitag": -. Private to "freitags": s.
"Freitag" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "freitags" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Freitag" for "freitags" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Freitag" or "freitags" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Freitag" and "freitags" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Freitag" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "freitags" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,973,379 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Freitag" and "freitags" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Freitag vs Freitod". 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 #1,973,379 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.