Which to use
“friend” and “Friese” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,584
- “friend” frequency rank
- #44,621
- “Friese” frequency rank
- 65205
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friend | Friese |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | meist nicht zur Familie gehörende Person, die man gut kennt und die man mag, mit der man gern Umgang hat | Angehöriger einer Volksgruppe in Friesland (an der Nordseeküste), in der neben Platt- und Hochdeutsch beziehungsweise Niederländisch das Friesische gesprochen wird oder früher wurde |
Where the eye mixes friend and Friese
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. friend (CCVVCC) and Friese (CCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: friend vs Friese
A purely visual mix-up. friend ([fɹɛnd]) and Friese ([ˈfʁiːzə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
friend is recorded at frequency rank #20,584, classified as anoun, pronounced [fɹɛnd]. Friese is at rank #44,621, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʁiːzə].
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 65205, this pair ranks #614,949 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of friend vs Friese
Shared letters: efir. Private to "friend": dn. Private to "Friese": s.
"friend" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "Friese" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "friend" and "Friese" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "friend" or "Friese"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "friend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Friese" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #614,949 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friend" and "Friese" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "friere vs Friese". 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 #614,949 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.