Which to use
“alice” is a noun and “spiels” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,854
- “alice” frequency rank
- #5,427
- “spiels” frequency rank
- 10281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alice | spiels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sardelle | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spiel |
Letter map: alice vs spiels
Shared letters muted; letters that set alice and spiels apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. alice runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against spiels's 6 (CCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - alice and spiels
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alice is anoun and spielsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alice is recorded at frequency rank #4,854, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. spiels is at rank #5,427, 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 10281, this pair ranks #1,975,904 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of alice vs spiels
Shared letters: eil. Private to "alice": ac. Private to "spiels": ps.
"alice" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "spiels" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "alice" vs "spiels" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "alice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "spiels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,975,904 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alice" and "spiels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs spiels". 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 #1,975,904 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.