Which to use
“checken” is a verb and “checks” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,025
- “checken” frequency rank
- #35,692
- “checks” frequency rank
- 46717
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | checken | checks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | neudeutsch, überprüfen | Plural des Substantivs check |
Letter map: checken vs checks
Shared letters muted; letters that set checken and checks apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - checken and checks
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: checken is averb and checksanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
checken is recorded at frequency rank #11,025, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃɛkn̩]. checks is at rank #35,692, 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 46717, this pair ranks #1,309,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of checken vs checks
Shared letters: cehk. Private to "checken": n. Private to "checks": s.
"checken" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "checks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "checken" and "checks" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "checken" or "checks"?
Useful next steps
Pair "checken" vs "checks" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "checken" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "checks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,309,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "checken" and "checks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "checks 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 #1,309,403 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.