Which to use
“friends” and “seals” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,235
- “friends” frequency rank
- #42,123
- “seals” frequency rank
- 53358
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friends | seals |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs friend | Plural des Substantivs seal |
Letter map: friends vs seals
Shared letters muted; letters that set friends and seals apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. friends runs 7 letters (CCVVCCC) against seals's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on friends vs seals
friends and seals 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
friends is recorded at frequency rank #11,235, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. seals is at rank #42,123, 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 53358, this pair ranks #1,061,159 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of friends vs seals
Shared letters: es. Private to "friends": dfinr. Private to "seals": al.
"friends" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC · "seals" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "friends" for "seals" ever safe?
Frequency check: "friends" vs "seals" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "friends" and "seals".
- Full dictionary entry for "friends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seals" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,061,159 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friends" and "seals" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs seals". 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 #1,061,159 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.