frozenvsspiritConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#39,941
“frozen” frequency rank
#15,483
“spirit” frequency rank
55424
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature frozen spirit
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs freeze der Geist

Letter map: frozen vs spirit

Shared letters muted; letters that set frozen and spirit apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. frozen and spirit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
frozen
6 ch
spirit

Role in the sentence - frozen and spirit

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: frozen is averb and spiritanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55424, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

frozen is recorded at frequency rank #39,941, classified as averb, pronounced […]. spirit is at rank #15,483, tagged as anoun, 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 55424, this pair ranks #980,106 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of frozen vs spirit

Shared letters: r. Private to "frozen": efnoz. Private to "spirit": ipst.

"frozen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "spirit" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • frozen ← ffrozen · forzen · froezn · frozenn · frozne · frozzen · frrozen · frzoen
  • spirit ← psirit · siprit · spiirt · spiritt · spirrit · spirti · sppirit · spriit

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "frozen" and "spirit" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "frozen" is a verb and "spirit" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "frozen" or "spirit" show up more?
"spirit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,483 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.

Useful next steps

You've compared "frozen" and "spirit". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "frozen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "spirit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #980,106 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "frozen" and "spirit" 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 #980,106 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