fussesvsharryTell them apart

Which to use

“fusses” and “harry” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,054
“fusses” frequency rank
#3,258
“harry” frequency rank
36312
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fusses harry
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fuss [wiederholt] belästigen, bedrängen, quälen, stressen

Letter map: fusses vs harry

Shared letters muted; letters that set fusses and harry apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

6 ch
fusses
5 ch
harry

Pair insight - fusses / harry

fusses and harry are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36312, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fusses is recorded at frequency rank #33,054, classified as averb, pronounced […]. harry is at rank #3,258, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 36312, this pair ranks #1,618,746 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fusses vs harry

Shared letters: none. Private to "fusses": efsu. Private to "harry": ahry.

"fusses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "harry" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fussesffusses · fsuses · fusess · fussess · fussse · fußes · ufsses
  • harryahrry · harryy · hary · haryr · hharry · hrary

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fusses" and "harry" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "fusses" vs "harry" - which ranks higher?
"harry" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,258 in our German list, against #33,054 for "fusses". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "fusses" and "harry". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fusses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "harry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,618,746 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fusses" and "harry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fusses vs puzzles". 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 #1,618,746 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list