Which to use
“friedlich” and “friedlicher” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,588
- “friedlich” frequency rank
- #25,555
- “friedlicher” frequency rank
- 31143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friedlich | friedlicher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ohne Gewalt und Krieg; in Frieden | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs friedlich |
Where the eye mixes friedlich and friedlicher
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. friedlich runs 9 letters (CCVVCCVCC) against friedlicher's 11 (CCVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses friedlich with friedlicher
A purely visual mix-up. friedlich ([ˈfʁiːtlɪç]) and friedlicher ([ˈfʁiːtlɪçɐ]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “friedlich” sits inside “friedlicher”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31143, 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]. friedlicher is at rank #25,555, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁiːtlɪçɐ].
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 31143, this pair ranks #1,733,970 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of friedlich vs friedlicher
Shared letters: cdefhilr. Private to "friedlich": -. Private to "friedlicher": -.
"friedlich" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC · "friedlicher" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- friedlich ← ffriedlich · firedlich · freidlich · fridelich · frieddlich · friedilch · friedlcih · friedlicch
- friedlicher ← ffriedlicher · firedlicher · freidlicher · fridelicher · frieddlicher · friedilcher · friedlciher · friedliccher
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "friedlich" for "friedlicher" ever safe?
Frequency check: "friedlich" vs "friedlicher" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "friedlich" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "friedlicher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,733,970 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friedlich" and "friedlicher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feindlicher vs friedlicher". 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 #1,733,970 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.