Which to use
“friends” and “spider” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,235
- “friends” frequency rank
- #17,139
- “spider” frequency rank
- 28374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friends | spider |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs friend | Spinne |
Letter map: friends vs spider
Shared letters muted; letters that set friends and spider apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. friends runs 7 letters (CCVVCCC) against spider's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: friends and spider
friends and spider 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 28374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
friends is recorded at frequency rank #11,235, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. spider is at rank #17,139, 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 28374, this pair ranks #1,785,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of friends vs spider
Shared letters: deirs. Private to "friends": fn. Private to "spider": p.
"friends" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC · "spider" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "friends" and "spider" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "friends" or "spider" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "friends" vs "spider" 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 "spider" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,785,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friends" and "spider" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs spider". 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 #1,785,921 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.