coinsvscopsConfusable pair

Quick tell: coins is a noun, cops is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“coins” is a noun and “cops” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,672
“coins” frequency rank
#13,118
“cops” frequency rank
37790
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coins cops
Definition Plural des Substantivs coin 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cop

Letter map: coins vs cops

Shared letters muted; letters that set coins and cops apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
coins
4 ch
cops

Role in the sentence - coins and cops

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: coins is anoun and copsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37790, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coins is recorded at frequency rank #24,672, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. cops is at rank #13,118, 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 37790, this pair ranks #1,580,991 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of coins vs cops

Shared letters: cos. Private to "coins": in. Private to "cops": p.

"coins" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "cops" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coinsccoins · cions · coinns · coinss · coisn · conis · ocins
  • copsccops · copps · copss · cosp · cpos · ocps

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "coins" and "cops" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "coins" is a noun and "cops" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "coins" vs "cops" - which ranks higher?
"cops" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,118 in our German list, against #24,672 for "coins". 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 "coins" and "cops".

  • Full dictionary entry for "coins" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,580,991 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coins" and "cops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coins 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 #1,580,991 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