Which to use
“comments” and “et” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,988
- “comments” frequency rank
- #1,447
- “et” frequency rank
- 32435
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comments | et |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs comment | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs eat |
Letter map: comments vs et
Shared letters muted; letters that set comments and et apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: comments and et
comments and et 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 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comments is recorded at frequency rank #30,988, classified as averb, pronounced […]. et is at rank #1,447, 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 32435, this pair ranks #1,707,625 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comments vs et
Shared letters: et. Private to "comments": cmnos. Private to "et": -.
"comments" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC · "et" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- comments ← ccomments · cmoments · comemnts · coments · commennts · commenst · commentss · commentts
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comments" and "et" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "comments" or "et"?
What to do next
You've compared "comments" and "et". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "comments" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "et" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,707,625 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comments" and "et" 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 #1,707,625 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.