Which to use
“frühe” and “frühere” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,707
- “frühe” frequency rank
- #3,732
- “frühere” frequency rank
- 9439
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frühe | frühere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs früh | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Komparativs des Adjektivs früh |
Where the eye mixes frühe and frühere
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. frühe runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against frühere's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between frühe and frühere
A purely visual mix-up. frühe ([ˈfʁyːə]) and frühere ([ˈfʁyːəʁə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “frühe” sits inside “frühere”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frühe is recorded at frequency rank #5,707, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁyːə]. frühere is at rank #3,732, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁyːəʁə].
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 9439, this pair ranks #1,979,940 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of frühe vs frühere
Shared letters: efhrü. Private to "frühe": -. Private to "frühere": -.
"frühe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "frühere" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frühe" and "frühere" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "frühe" or "frühere" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "frühe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frühere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,979,940 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frühe" and "frühere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Flure vs frühe". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,979,940 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.