Which to use
“comment” is a noun and “comments” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,669
- “comment” frequency rank
- #30,988
- “comments” frequency rank
- 53657
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comment | comments |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bemerkung, Kommentar | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs comment |
Letter map: comment vs comments
Shared letters muted; letters that set comment and comments apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Part-of-speech tell for comment / comments
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comment is anoun and commentsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “comment” sits inside “comments”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comment is recorded at frequency rank #22,669, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɒment]. comments is at rank #30,988, 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 53657, this pair ranks #1,049,483 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of comment vs comments
Shared letters: cemnot. Private to "comment": -. Private to "comments": s.
"comment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "comments" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "comment" for "comments" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "comment" or "comments" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "comment" and "comments".
- Full dictionary entry for "comment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comments" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,049,483 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comment" and "comments" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comments 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 #1,049,483 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.