Which to use
“friedlich” and “friedliche” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,588
- “friedlich” frequency rank
- #9,546
- “friedliche” frequency rank
- 15134
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friedlich | friedliche |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ohne Gewalt und Krieg; in Frieden | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs friedlich |
Where the eye mixes friedlich and friedliche
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. friedlich runs 9 letters (CCVVCCVCC) against friedliche's 10 (CCVVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: friedlich vs friedliche
A purely visual mix-up. friedlich ([ˈfʁiːtlɪç]) and friedliche ([ˈfʁiːtlɪçə]) 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) - “friedlich” sits inside “friedliche”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15134, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
friedlich is recorded at frequency rank #5,588, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁiːtlɪç]. friedliche is at rank #9,546, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁiːtlɪçə].
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 15134, this pair ranks #1,946,125 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of friedlich vs friedliche
Shared letters: cdefhilr. Private to "friedlich": -. Private to "friedliche": -.
"friedlich" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC · "friedliche" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- friedlich ← ffriedlich · firedlich · freidlich · fridelich · frieddlich · friedilch · friedlcih · friedlicch
- friedliche ← ffriedliche · firedliche · freidliche · frideliche · frieddliche · friedilche · friedlcihe · friedlicche
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "friedlich" and "friedliche" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "friedlich" or "friedliche"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "friedlich" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "friedliche" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,946,125 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friedlich" and "friedliche" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "friedliche vs friedliches". 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 #1,946,125 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.