Which to use
“fügte” is a verb and “fünfte” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,198
- “fügte” frequency rank
- #6,062
- “fünfte” frequency rank
- 15260
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fügte | fünfte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fügen | nach dem beziehungsweise der vierten kommend; dem, der beziehungsweise des sechsten vorausgehend |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set fügte and fünfte apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fügte is [ˈfyːktə] while fünfte is [ˈfʏnftə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs num), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fügte is recorded at frequency rank #9,198, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfyːktə]. fünfte is at rank #6,062, tagged as anum, pronounced [ˈfʏnftə].
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 15260, this pair ranks #1,945,232 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fügte vs fünfte
Shared letters: eftü. Private to "fügte": g. Private to "fünfte": n.
"fügte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fünfte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV