Which to use
“Früchte” is a noun and “fürchte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,169
- “Früchte” frequency rank
- #6,660
- “fürchte” frequency rank
- 11829
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Früchte | fürchte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Frucht | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fürchten |
Where the eye mixes Früchte and fürchte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Früchte (CCVCCCV) and fürchte (CVCCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: Früchte vs fürchte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Früchte is [ˈfʁʏçtə] while fürchte is [ˈfʏʁçtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (rü ↔ ür) - a transposition the eye reads straight past, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Früchte is recorded at frequency rank #5,169, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʁʏçtə]. fürchte is at rank #6,660, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfʏʁçtə].
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 11829, this pair ranks #1,967,666 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Früchte vs fürchte
Shared letters: cefhrtü. Private to "Früchte": -. Private to "fürchte": -.
"Früchte" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV · "fürchte" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Früchte" and "fürchte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Früchte" vs "fürchte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Früchte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fürchte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,967,666 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Früchte" and "fürchte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forschte vs fürchte". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,967,666 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.