billsvsblasWhat's the difference?

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

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

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set bills and blas apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
bills
4 ch
blas

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

  • billsbbills · billss · bils · bilsl · blils · iblls
  • blasbblas · bllas · blsa · lbas

Frequency comparison

bills#48,785
blas#32,964

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bills" and "blas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bills" is a noun and "blas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "bills" or "blas"?
"blas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,964 in our German list, against #48,785 for "bills". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering bills vs blas

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “bills”; for a verb, it's “blas”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “bills” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list