championsvsHamiltonTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#4,501
“champions” frequency rank
#7,185
“Hamilton” frequency rank
11686
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature champions Hamilton
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs champion Stadt in Schottland

Letter map: champions vs Hamilton

Shared letters muted; letters that set champions and Hamilton apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. champions runs 9 letters (CCVCCVVCC) against Hamilton's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
champions
8 ch
Hamilton

Grammar separator: champions vs Hamilton

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: champions is averb and Hamiltonaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

champions is recorded at frequency rank #4,501, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Hamilton is at rank #7,185, tagged as aname, 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 11686, this pair ranks #1,968,489 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of champions vs Hamilton

Shared letters: ahimno. Private to "champions": cps. Private to "Hamilton": lt.

"champions" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC  ·  "Hamilton" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • champions ← cahmpions · cchampions · chamipons · chammpions · champinos · championns · championss · champiosn
  • Hamilton ← ahmilton · haimlton · hamillton · hamilotn · hamiltno · hamiltonn · hamiltton · hamitlon

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "champions" and "Hamilton" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "champions" is a verb and "Hamilton" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "champions" vs "Hamilton" - which ranks higher?
"champions" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,501 in our German list, against #7,185 for "Hamilton". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "champions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hamilton" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,968,489 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "champions" and "Hamilton" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hamilton 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 #1,968,489 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