championsvsdivisionWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#4,501
“champions” frequency rank
#7,747
“division” frequency rank
12248
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature champions division
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs champion Division, Teilung

Letter map: champions vs division

Shared letters muted; letters that set champions and division apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. champions runs 9 letters (CCVCCVVCC) against division's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
champions
8 ch
division

Part-of-speech tell for champions / division

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: champions is averb and divisionanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

champions is recorded at frequency rank #4,501, classified as averb, pronounced […]. division is at rank #7,747, 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 12248, this pair ranks #1,965,326 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of champions vs division

Shared letters: inos. Private to "champions": achmp. Private to "division": dv.

"champions" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC  ·  "division" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • champions ← cahmpions · cchampions · chamipons · chammpions · champinos · championns · championss · champiosn
  • division ← ddivision · diivsion · diviison · divisino · divisionn · divisoin · divission · divsiion

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "champions" and "division" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "champions" is a verb and "division" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "champions" or "division"?
"champions" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,501 in our German list, against #7,747 for "division". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "champions" and "division".

  • Full dictionary entry for "champions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "division" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,965,326 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "champions" and "division" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "division 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 #1,965,326 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