Which to use
“frites” is a noun and “frühes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,355
- “frites” frequency rank
- #24,725
- “frühes” frequency rank
- 64080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frites | frühes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deutsch: Fritte, Fritten | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs früh |
Letter map: frites vs frühes
Shared letters muted; letters that set frites and frühes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. frites and frühes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for frites / frühes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: frites is anoun and frühesanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frites is recorded at frequency rank #39,355, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. frühes is at rank #24,725, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁyːəs].
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 64080, this pair ranks #654,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of frites vs frühes
Shared letters: efrs. Private to "frites": it. Private to "frühes": hü.
"frites" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "frühes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- frites ← ffrites · firtes · friets · fritess · fritse · frittes · frrites · frties
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frites" and "frühes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "frites" vs "frühes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "frites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frühes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #654,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frites" and "frühes" 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 #654,123 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.