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“Friede” and “Frieden” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,142
- “Friede” frequency rank
- #1,728
- “Frieden” frequency rank
- 14870
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Friede | Frieden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Frieden | vertraglich gesichertes Miteinander verschiedener Staaten, das durch Abwesenheit von Gewalt (und speziell von Krieg) gekennzeichnet ist |
Where the eye mixes Friede and Frieden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Friede vs Frieden
A purely visual mix-up. Friede ([ˈfʁiːdə]) and Frieden ([ˈfʁiːdn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Friede” sits inside “Frieden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Friede is recorded at frequency rank #13,142, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʁiːdə]. Frieden is at rank #1,728, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʁiːdn̩].
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 14870, this pair ranks #1,948,137 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Friede vs Frieden
Shared letters: defir. Private to "Friede": -. Private to "Frieden": n.
"Friede" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "Frieden" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Friede" and "Frieden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Friede" or "Frieden" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Friede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Frieden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,948,137 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Friede" and "Frieden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Friede vs friere". 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 #1,948,137 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.