Which to use
“frozen” is a verb and “frühen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,941
- “frozen” frequency rank
- #2,025
- “frühen” frequency rank
- 41966
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frozen | frühen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs freeze | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs früh |
Letter map: frozen vs frühen
Shared letters muted; letters that set frozen and frühen apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. frozen and frühen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: frozen vs frühen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: frozen is averb and frühenanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41966, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frozen is recorded at frequency rank #39,941, classified as averb, pronounced […]. frühen is at rank #2,025, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁyːən].
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 41966, this pair ranks #1,463,655 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of frozen vs frühen
Shared letters: efnr. Private to "frozen": oz. Private to "frühen": hü.
"frozen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "frühen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- frozen ← ffrozen · forzen · froezn · frozenn · frozne · frozzen · frrozen · frzoen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frozen" and "frühen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "frozen" or "frühen" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "frozen" vs "frühen" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "frozen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frühen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,463,655 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frozen" and "frühen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frozen 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 #1,463,655 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.