Which to use
“alumni” and “by” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,931
- “alumni” frequency rank
- #1,627
- “by” frequency rank
- 49558
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alumni | by |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs alumnus | Stadt |
Letter map: alumni vs by
Shared letters muted; letters that set alumni and by apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
alumni and by 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 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alumni is recorded at frequency rank #47,931, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. by is at rank #1,627, tagged as anoun, 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 49558, this pair ranks #1,206,965 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alumni vs by
Shared letters: none. Private to "alumni": ailmnu. Private to "by": by.
"alumni" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "by" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- alumni ← allumni · almuni · alumin · alummni · alumnni · alunmi · aulmni · laumni