Which to use
“Album” and “Albums” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,500
- “Album” frequency rank
- #18,153
- “Albums” frequency rank
- 19653
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Album | Albums |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Behältnis, ursprünglich in Buchform, das mehrere Sammelobjekte enthalten kann | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Album |
Where the eye mixes Album and Albums
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Album runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against Albums's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses Album with Albums
A purely visual mix-up. Album ([ˈalbʊm]) and Albums ([ˈalbʊms]) 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 extra letter(s) - “Album” sits inside “Albums”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19653, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Album is recorded at frequency rank #1,500, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈalbʊm]. Albums is at rank #18,153, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈalbʊms].
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 19653, this pair ranks #1,906,050 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Album vs Albums
Shared letters: ablmu. Private to "Album": -. Private to "Albums": s.
"Album" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "Albums" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Album" for "Albums" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Album" vs "Albums" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Album" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Albums" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,906,050 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Album" and "Albums" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Albin vs Album". 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 #1,906,050 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.