Which to use
“bills” is a noun and “blas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,785
- “bills” frequency rank
- #32,964
- “blas” frequency rank
- 81749
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bills | blas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs bill | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs blasen |
Letter map: bills vs blas
Shared letters muted; letters that set bills and blas apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. bills runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against blas's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for bills / blas
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bills is anoun and blasaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bills is recorded at frequency rank #48,785, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. blas is at rank #32,964, tagged as averb, pronounced [blaːs].
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 81749, this pair ranks #169,887 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bills vs blas
Shared letters: bls. Private to "bills": i. Private to "blas": a.
"bills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "blas" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bills" for "blas" ever safe?
Which is more common, "bills" or "blas"?
After this comparison
Pair "bills" vs "blas" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "bills" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,887 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bills" and "blas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bills 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 #169,887 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.