Which to use
“assists” is a verb and “by” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,364
- “assists” frequency rank
- #1,627
- “by” frequency rank
- 38991
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | assists | by |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs assist | Stadt |
Letter map: assists vs by
Shared letters muted; letters that set assists and by apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Role in the sentence - assists and by
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: assists is averb and byanoun. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
assists is recorded at frequency rank #37,364, classified as averb, 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 38991, this pair ranks #1,549,140 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of assists vs by
Shared letters: none. Private to "assists": aist. Private to "by": by.
"assists" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC · "by" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- assists ← asissts · asists · assisst · assissts · assistss · assistts · assitss · asssits
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "assists" for "by" ever safe?
Frequency check: "assists" vs "by" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "assists" and "by".
- Full dictionary entry for "assists" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "by" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,549,140 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "assists" and "by" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assists vs puzzles". 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 #1,549,140 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.