Which to use
“Furcht” and “Fürst” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,055
- “Furcht” frequency rank
- #5,834
- “Fürst” frequency rank
- 13889
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Furcht | Fürst |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Emotion angesichts drohender Gefahr | hoher Adliger im Rang zwischen Graf und Herzog |
Where the eye mixes Furcht and Fürst
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Furcht runs 6 letters (CVCCCC) against Fürst's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between Furcht and Fürst
A purely visual mix-up. Furcht ([fʊʁçt]) and Fürst ([fʏʁst]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Furcht is recorded at frequency rank #8,055, classified as anoun, pronounced [fʊʁçt]. Fürst is at rank #5,834, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fʏʁst].
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 13889, this pair ranks #1,954,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Furcht vs Fürst
Shared letters: frt. Private to "Furcht": chu. Private to "Fürst": sü.
"Furcht" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCC · "Fürst" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Furcht ← ffurcht · fucrht · furccht · furchht · furchtt · furcth · furhct · furrcht
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Furcht" and "Fürst" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Furcht" or "Fürst" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Furcht" and "Fürst" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Furcht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Fürst" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,954,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Furcht" and "Fürst" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fist vs Fürst". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,954,990 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.