Which to use
“friends” is a noun and “written” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,235
- “friends” frequency rank
- #43,644
- “written” frequency rank
- 54879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friends | written |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs friend | Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs write |
Letter map: friends vs written
Shared letters muted; letters that set friends and written apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. friends (CCVVCCC) and written (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for friends / written
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: friends is anoun and writtenaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
friends is recorded at frequency rank #11,235, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. written is at rank #43,644, tagged as averb, 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 54879, this pair ranks #1,001,419 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of friends vs written
Shared letters: einr. Private to "friends": dfs. Private to "written": tw.
"friends" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC · "written" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "friends" for "written" ever safe?
Which is more common, "friends" or "written"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "friends" and "written".
- Full dictionary entry for "friends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "written" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,001,419 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friends" and "written" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs written". 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 #1,001,419 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.