ChristivstimesConfusable pair

Quick tell: Christi is a unknown, times is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Christi” is an unknown and “times” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,925
“Christi” frequency rank
#5,431
“times” frequency rank
11356
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Christi times
Definition Genitiv des Eigennamens Christus Plural des Substantivs time

Letter map: Christi vs times

Shared letters muted; letters that set Christi and times apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Christi runs 7 letters (CCCVCCV) against times's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Christi
5 ch
times

Grammar separator: Christi vs times

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Christi is anunknown and timesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Christi is recorded at frequency rank #5,925, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. times is at rank #5,431, 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 11356, this pair ranks #1,970,312 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Christi vs times

Shared letters: ist. Private to "Christi": chr. Private to "times": em.

"Christi" · 7 letters · shape CCCVCCV  ·  "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Christicchristi · chhristi · chirsti · chrisit · chrissti · christti · chritsi · chrristi
  • timesitmes · tiems · timess · timmes · timse · tmies · ttimes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Christi" and "times" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Christi" is an unknown and "times" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Christi" or "times"?
"times" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,431 in our German list, against #5,925 for "Christi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Christi" and "times". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Christi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "times" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,970,312 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Christi" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Christi 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 #1,970,312 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