FrischevsfrischerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Frische is a noun, frischer is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Frische” is a noun and “frischer” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,961
“Frische” frequency rank
#8,865
“frischer” frequency rank
12826
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Frische frischer
Definition als angenehm empfundene kühlende Wirkung Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frisch

Where the eye mixes Frische and frischer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Frische runs 7 letters (CCVCCCV) against frischer's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Frische
8 ch
frischer

Why the eye confuses Frische with frischer

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Frische is [ˈfʁɪʃə] while frischer is [ˈfʁɪʃɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Frische” sits inside “frischer”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Frische is recorded at frequency rank #3,961, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʁɪʃə]. frischer is at rank #8,865, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁɪʃɐ].

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 12826, this pair ranks #1,961,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Frische vs frischer

Shared letters: cefhirs. Private to "Frische": -. Private to "frischer": -.

"Frische" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV  ·  "frischer" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Frische ← ffrische · firsche · fricshe · friscche · frisceh · frischhe · frishce · frissche
  • frischer ← ffrischer · firscher · fricsher · frisccher · friscehr · frischerr · frischher · frischre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Frische" and "frischer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Frische" is a noun and "frischer" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Frische" or "frischer"?
"Frische" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,961 in our German list, against #8,865 for "frischer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Frische" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "frischer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,961,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Frische" and "frischer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frischer vs Fröschen". 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 #1,961,822 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list