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Which to use

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

#745
“Chance” frequency rank
#38,024
“changes” frequency rank
38769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Chance changes
Definition eine Situation, die jemandem etwas ermöglicht, eine Möglichkeit, eine Aussicht auf etwas Plural des Substantivs change

Letter map: Chance vs changes

Shared letters muted; letters that set Chance and changes apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
Chance
7 ch
changes

Pair insight - Chance / changes

Chance and changes 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 38769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Chance is recorded at frequency rank #745, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃɑ̃ːs]. changes is at rank #38,024, 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 38769, this pair ranks #1,555,093 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Chance vs changes

Shared letters: acehn. Private to "Chance": -. Private to "changes": gs.

"Chance" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "changes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Chancecahnce · cchance · chacne · chancce · chanec · channce · chhance · chnace
  • changescahnges · cchanges · chagnes · chanegs · changess · changges · changse · channges

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Chance" and "changes" 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, "Chance" or "changes"?
"Chance" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #745 in our German list, against #38,024 for "changes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Chance" and "changes".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Chance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "changes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,555,093 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Chance" and "changes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "changes 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 #1,555,093 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