Which to use
“frohen” and “frühes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,729
- “frohen” frequency rank
- #24,725
- “frühes” frequency rank
- 52454
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frohen | frühes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs froh | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs früh |
Where the eye mixes frohen and frühes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. frohen and frühes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between frohen and frühes
A purely visual mix-up. frohen ([ˈfʁoːən]) and frühes ([ˈfʁyːəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frohen is recorded at frequency rank #27,729, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁoːən]. 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 52454, this pair ranks #1,096,272 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of frohen vs frühes
Shared letters: efhr. Private to "frohen": no. Private to "frühes": sü.
"frohen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "frühes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- frohen ← ffrohen · forhen · frhoen · froehn · frohenn · frohhen · frohne · frrohen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frohen" and "frühes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "frohen" or "frühes" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "frohen" and "frühes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "frohen" 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 #1,096,272 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frohen" and "frühes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frohen 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 #1,096,272 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.