fresh

[fɹɛʃ]

/[fɹɛʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“fresh” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,548
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - neu

Corpus desk

Index DE-fresh · fresh · German

fresh · rank #18,548 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,548
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Freiberg

Nearest frequency peer: Freiberg (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „fresh“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „fresh“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fresh vs früh
60% similar
fresh vs froh
60% similar
fresh vs freu
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fresh
PropertyValue
Headwordfresh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɹɛʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,548
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fresh“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.freshliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Freiberg“ (#18,547), „freudig“ (#18,549), „fossilen“ (#18,546). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fresh“ bei #18,548. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fresh (IPA [fɹɛʃ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,548 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fresh, with forms such as "fersh", "ffresh", and "frehs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "früh", "froh", "freu", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is fresh, spelled F-R-E-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    neu
  2. 2
    frisch (Nahrung)
  3. 3
    erfrischend
  4. 4
    frech

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fresh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. a fresh shirt
  2. "And when her sisters abused it as ugly, she added, with perfect unconcern, "Oh! but there were two or three much uglier in the shop; and when I have bought some prettier-coloured satin to trim it with fresh, I think it will be very tolerable."

Synonyms

cleannewrefreshedrefreshingimpertinentimpudentnaughty

Antonyms

oldusedcanneddecayedfrozenstale

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fersh
  • ffresh
  • frehs
  • freshh
  • fressh
  • frresh
  • frseh
  • rfesh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fresh - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

fersh2ffresh1frehs2freshh1fressh1frresh1frseh2rfesh2
Edit distance from "fresh"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fresh"?
"fresh" is spelled F-R-E-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is [fɹɛʃ].
What does "fresh" mean?
As an adjective, "fresh" means: neu
What words are commonly confused with "fresh"?
"fresh" is commonly confused with "früh", "froh", "freu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fresh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fresh" is [fɹɛʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fresh" come from?
"fresh" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fresh", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fasse#18,539ebola#18,518candy#18,507Kabul#18,590

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

formell8 variantskeeper8 variantsKorps8 variantsBauart8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list