Which to use
“frühen” and “frühes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,025
- “frühen” frequency rank
- #24,725
- “frühes” frequency rank
- 26750
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frühen | frühes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs früh | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs früh |
Where the eye mixes frühen and frühes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. frühen and frühes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: frühen vs frühes
A purely visual mix-up. frühen ([ˈfʁyːən]) and frühes ([ˈfʁyːəs]) 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 a single letter - n in “frühen” becomes s in “frühes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frühen is recorded at frequency rank #2,025, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁyːən]. frühes is at rank #24,725, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈfʁyːəs].
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 26750, this pair ranks #1,813,015 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of frühen vs frühes
Shared letters: efhrü. Private to "frühen": n. Private to "frühes": s.
"frühen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "frühes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "frühen" and "frühes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "frühen" vs "frühes" - which ranks higher?
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 "frühen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frühes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,813,015 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frühen" and "frühes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frites vs frühes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,813,015 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.