frozenvsMathiasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: frozen is a verb, Mathias is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#39,941
“frozen” frequency rank
#9,947
“Mathias” frequency rank
49888
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature frozen Mathias
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs freeze dänischer männlicher Vorname

Letter map: frozen vs Mathias

Shared letters muted; letters that set frozen and Mathias apart highlighted. No shared letter run. frozen runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against Mathias's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
frozen
7 ch
Mathias

Part-of-speech tell for frozen / Mathias

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: frozen is averb and Mathiasaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

frozen is recorded at frequency rank #39,941, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Mathias is at rank #9,947, tagged as aname, 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 49888, this pair ranks #1,194,585 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of frozen vs Mathias

Shared letters: none. Private to "frozen": efnorz. Private to "Mathias": ahimst.

"frozen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "Mathias" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • frozenffrozen · forzen · froezn · frozenn · frozne · frozzen · frrozen · frzoen
  • Mathiasamthias · mahtias · mathais · mathhias · mathiass · mathisa · matihas · mmathias

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "frozen" for "Mathias" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "frozen" is a verb and "Mathias" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "frozen" or "Mathias"?
"Mathias" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,947 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 "Mathias".

  • Full dictionary entry for "frozen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mathias" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,194,585 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "frozen" and "Mathias" 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 #1,194,585 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