FrischevsFröschenWhich spelling fits?

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“Frische” and “Fröschen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,961
“Frische” frequency rank
#48,900
“Fröschen” frequency rank
52861
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Frische Fröschen
Definition als angenehm empfundene kühlende Wirkung Dativ Plural des Substantivs Frosch

Where the eye mixes Frische and Fröschen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Frische runs 7 letters (CCVCCCV) against Fröschen's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Frische
8 ch
Fröschen

Visual trap between Frische and Fröschen

A purely visual mix-up. Frische ([ˈfʁɪʃə]) and Fröschen ([ˈfʁœʃn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52861, 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]. Fröschen is at rank #48,900, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʁœʃn̩].

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 52861, this pair ranks #1,080,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Frische vs Fröschen

Shared letters: cefhrs. Private to "Frische": i. Private to "Fröschen": .

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Frischeffrische · firsche · fricshe · friscche · frisceh · frischhe · frishce · frissche

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Frische" and "Fröschen" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfʁɪʃə] versus [ˈfʁœʃn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Frische" vs "Fröschen" - which ranks higher?
"Frische" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,961 in our German list, against #48,900 for "Fröschen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Frische" and "Fröschen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Frische" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Fröschen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,080,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Frische" and "Fröschen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fälschen 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 #1,080,439 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