Which to use
“fügte” is a verb and “Funke” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,198
- “fügte” frequency rank
- #15,361
- “Funke” frequency rank
- 24559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fügte | Funke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs fügen | kleines, in der Luft verbrennendes glühendes Teilchen |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set fügte and Funke apart are highlighted. They share 2 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 Funke is [ˈfʊŋkə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24559, 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]. Funke is at rank #15,361, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfʊŋkə].
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 24559, this pair ranks #1,845,864 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fügte vs Funke
Shared letters: ef. Private to "fügte": gtü. Private to "Funke": knu.
"fügte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Funke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Funke ← ffunke · fnuke · fukne · funek · funkke · funnke · ufnke