Which to use
“friedlich” and “friedliches” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,588
- “friedlich” frequency rank
- #26,018
- “friedliches” frequency rank
- 31606
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friedlich | friedliches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ohne Gewalt und Krieg; in Frieden | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs friedlich |
Where the eye mixes friedlich and friedliches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. friedlich runs 9 letters (CCVVCCVCC) against friedliches'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 friedliches
A purely visual mix-up. friedlich ([ˈfʁiːtlɪç]) and friedliches ([ˈfʁiːtlɪçəs]) 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 “friedliches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31606, 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]. friedliches is at rank #26,018, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁiːtlɪçəs].
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 31606, this pair ranks #1,724,752 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of friedlich vs friedliches
Shared letters: cdefhilr. Private to "friedlich": -. Private to "friedliches": s.
"friedlich" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC · "friedliches" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- friedlich ← ffriedlich · firedlich · freidlich · fridelich · frieddlich · friedilch · friedlcih · friedlicch
- friedliches ← ffriedliches · firedliches · freidliches · frideliches · frieddliches · friedilches · friedlcihes · friedlicches
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "friedlich" for "friedliches" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "friedlich" or "friedliches" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "friedlich" and "friedliches" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "friedlich" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "friedliches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,724,752 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friedlich" and "friedliches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feindliches 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 #1,724,752 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.