Which to use
“friends” and “repair” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,235
- “friends” frequency rank
- #43,442
- “repair” frequency rank
- 54677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friends | repair |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs friend | Reparatur, Ausbesserung |
Letter map: friends vs repair
Shared letters muted; letters that set friends and repair apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. friends runs 7 letters (CCVVCCC) against repair's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - friends / repair
friends and repair are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
friends is recorded at frequency rank #11,235, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. repair is at rank #43,442, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 54677, this pair ranks #1,009,520 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of friends vs repair
Shared letters: eir. Private to "friends": dfns. Private to "repair": ap.
"friends" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC · "repair" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "friends" and "repair" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "friends" or "repair"?
What to do next
Pair "friends" vs "repair" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "friends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repair" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,009,520 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friends" and "repair" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs repair". 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 #1,009,520 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.