Which to use
“frites” is a noun and “frohes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,355
- “frites” frequency rank
- #15,359
- “frohes” frequency rank
- 54714
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frites | frohes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deutsch: Fritte, Fritten | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs froh |
Letter map: frites vs frohes
Shared letters muted; letters that set frites and frohes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. frites and frohes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - frites and frohes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: frites is anoun and frohesanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frites is recorded at frequency rank #39,355, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. frohes is at rank #15,359, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁoːəs].
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 54714, this pair ranks #1,008,034 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of frites vs frohes
Shared letters: efrs. Private to "frites": it. Private to "frohes": ho.
"frites" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "frohes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "frites" for "frohes" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "frites" and "frohes".
- Full dictionary entry for "frites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frohes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,008,034 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frites" and "frohes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frites vs puzzles". 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 #1,008,034 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.