amazingvsAmazonsTell them apart

Quick tell: amazing is a verb, Amazons is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“amazing” is a verb and “Amazons” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,411
“amazing” frequency rank
#47,199
“Amazons” frequency rank
70610
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amazing Amazons
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs amaze Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Amazon

Letter map: amazing vs Amazons

Shared letters muted; letters that set amazing and Amazons apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
amazing
7 ch
Amazons

Grammar separator: amazing vs Amazons

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amazing is averb and Amazonsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70610, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amazing is recorded at frequency rank #23,411, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Amazons is at rank #47,199, tagged as anoun, pronounced [amaˈt͡soːns].

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 70610, this pair ranks #441,071 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of amazing vs Amazons

Shared letters: amnz. Private to "amazing": gi. Private to "Amazons": os.

"amazing" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC  ·  "Amazons" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amazingaamzing · amaizng · amazign · amazingg · amazinng · amaznig · amazzing · ammazing
  • Amazonsaamzons · amaozns · amaznos · amazonns · amazonss · amazosn · amazzons · ammazons

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "amazing" and "Amazons" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amazing" is a verb and "Amazons" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "amazing" vs "Amazons" - which ranks higher?
"amazing" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,411 in our German list, against #47,199 for "Amazons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "amazing" and "Amazons". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amazing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Amazons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #441,071 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amazing" and "Amazons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Amazonen vs Amazons". 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 #441,071 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