championsvshighlightsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“champions” and “highlights” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,501
“champions” frequency rank
#8,880
“highlights” frequency rank
13381
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature champions highlights
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs champion 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs highlight

Letter map: champions vs highlights

Shared letters muted; letters that set champions and highlights apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. champions runs 9 letters (CCVCCVVCC) against highlights's 10 (CVCCCVCCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
champions
10 ch
highlights

Spelling & dictionary notes on champions vs highlights

champions and highlights are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13381, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

champions is recorded at frequency rank #4,501, classified as averb, pronounced […]. highlights is at rank #8,880, tagged as averb, 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 13381, this pair ranks #1,958,365 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of champions vs highlights

Shared letters: his. Private to "champions": acmnop. Private to "highlights": glt.

"champions" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC  ·  "highlights" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • champions ← cahmpions · cchampions · chamipons · chammpions · champinos · championns · championss · champiosn
  • highlights ← hgihlights · hhighlights · higghlights · highhlights · highilghts · highlgihts · highligghts · highlighhts

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "champions" and "highlights" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "champions" or "highlights"?
"champions" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,501 in our German list, against #8,880 for "highlights". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "champions" and "highlights". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "champions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "highlights" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,958,365 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "champions" and "highlights" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "highlights 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 #1,958,365 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