frozenvshoppConfusable pair

Quick tell: frozen is a verb, hopp is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“frozen” is a verb and “hopp” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,941
“frozen” frequency rank
#15,656
“hopp” frequency rank
55597
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature frozen hopp
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs freeze in einer zügigen Art und Weise, oft mit fehlender Sorgfalt

Letter map: frozen vs hopp

Shared letters muted; letters that set frozen and hopp apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. frozen runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against hopp's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
frozen
4 ch
hopp

Role in the sentence - frozen and hopp

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: frozen is averb and hoppanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

frozen is recorded at frequency rank #39,941, classified as averb, pronounced […]. hopp is at rank #15,656, tagged as anadv, pronounced […].

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 55597, this pair ranks #973,430 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of frozen vs hopp

Shared letters: o. Private to "frozen": efnrz. Private to "hopp": hp.

"frozen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "hopp" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • frozen ← ffrozen · forzen · froezn · frozenn · frozne · frozzen · frrozen · frzoen
  • hopp ← hhopp · hop · hpop · ohpp

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "frozen" for "hopp" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "frozen" is a verb and "hopp" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "frozen" or "hopp"?
"hopp" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,656 in our German list, against #39,941 for "frozen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "frozen" and "hopp".

  • Full dictionary entry for "frozen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hopp" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #973,430 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "frozen" and "hopp" 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 #973,430 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